⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+11Q131-19
+14Q232-19
-4Q331-33
0Q433-29
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-8 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 46
Key battles
8Points off turnovers20
17Fast break points8
12Turnovers20
10Steals6
🏀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
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q1 7:01 · HOU 9-5 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
