⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- A 24-0 run took them from 6 down to 18 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:03 · HOU 19-13 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 3:45 · HOU 19-22 GS
- 24-0 run
A 24-0 run took them from 6 down to 18 up
Q3 9:19 · HOU 59-77 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 20 | Assists | 32 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
