⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- They went cold, five of 41 from three
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 from level to 8 points up
Q3 8:29 · HOU 61-53 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:46 · HOU 77-72 SA
- Turnover
Dillon Brooks turnover
Q4 4:27 · HOU 81-75 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 1:37 · HOU 15-20 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 12% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
