⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:38 · SA 18-9 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 11:03 · SA 78-59 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 21 | Threes made | 8 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 38 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
