⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
-8Q128-35
+8Q234-25
-17Q314-32
-7Q429-32
▼ SA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five- They went cold, five of 24 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 68
Key battles
6Fast break points26
5Threes made17
21%Three-point accuracy50%
13Steals6
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q3 1:16 · HOU 76-97 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 5 | Threes made | 17 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
