⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 82 points inside to 58- A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, six free throws to their 25
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Alperen Sengun technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:53 · HOU 27-41 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 3 down to 11 up
Q1 2:30 · HOU 23-34 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 8:20 · HOU 60-83 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 38 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 82 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
