⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 48- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 3:24 · HOU 34-24 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tari Eason and Luke Kornet
Q3 6:15 · HOU 76-67 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 5:00 · HOU 78-79 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q4 11:47 · HOU 86-95 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 3:26 · HOU 96-111 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
