⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 4- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 9:04 · SA 70-65 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 2:49 · SA 85-71 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 2:25 · SA 24-29 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:14 · SA 113-101 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Daishen Nix technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:01 · SA 89-77 HOU
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
