⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 37 from three- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 54
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:37 · SA 86-88 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jeremy Sochan and Jabari Smith Jr.
Q1 5:40 · SA 10-16 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 0:57 · SA 15-31 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 5:45 · SA 58-78 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Green traveling
Q4 0:45 · SA 93-101 HOU
- Flagrant
Tari Eason flagrant foul type 1
Q4 0:41 · SA 96-101 HOU
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
