⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 10 points better 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 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 46
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 dragged them back level
Q3 0:01 · HOU 81-81 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 0:00 · HOU 24-36 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 4:31 · HOU 89-100 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrew Wiggins turnover
Q4 2:07 · HOU 93-100 GS
📊The numbers
| HOU | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
