⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-15 off them- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to ten
- Made eleven threes to their seventeen
- They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 40 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 7:12 · GS 21-8 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Draymond Green and Nene Hilario
Q3 0:01 · GS 82-75 HOU
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 1:20 · GS 108-100 HOU
- Turnover
Stephen Curry out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:04 · GS 113-107 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:02 · GS 32-29 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 1:46 · GS 113-109 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
James Harden bad pass
Q4 4:54 · GS 98-90 HOU
📊The numbers
| GS | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
