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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 24 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 105 |
 Rockets | 36 | 26 | 19 | 30 | 111 |
SASTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 41-9045.6% | 7-2429.2% | 16-1794.1% | 48 | 27 | 11 |
| HOU | 36-8641.9% | 14-3737.8% | 25-3278.1% | 48 | 12 | 9 |
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Houston Rockets111| 38 | 12 | 4-13 | 3-9 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −8.9 | |||||
| 37 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −7.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 61, Ties the NBA season high | 19-34 | 9-13 | 14-17 | 0 | +18 | +22.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0 | −4 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | +5 | −0.3 | |||||||
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| 19 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −6.7 | |||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.2 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.7 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | |||
| Team | 111 | 36-8641.9% | 14-3737.8% | 48 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 25-3278.1% | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 13 points on 3 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Gary Clark, Kenneth Faried and Austin Rivers (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs105| 36 | 20 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +3.4 | |||||
| 33 | 10 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 7-19 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −12 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 18 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 7-7 | 0 | −3 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −3.7 | |||||
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| 27 | 3 | 1-10 | 1-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −8.9 | |||||
| 20 | 11 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0.0 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.5 | |||
| 15 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | +1.7 | ||||||
| Team | 105 | 41-9045.6% | 7-2429.2% | 48 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 16-1794.1% | 9 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Quincy Pondexter, Drew Eubanks and Dante Cunningham (coach’s decision).
Rockets111Spurs105ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
James Harden scored 61 points (27 in the first quarter) with 9 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets went on a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 111-105.
The Spurs led 100-94 with 4:47 left in the fourth quarter. Harden’s 30-foot 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 2:50 left. He scored 13 points during the run, and they led 109-102 with 50 seconds left.
Harden’s 9-foot fadeaway with 1:55 left made it 105-102, and Chris Paul’s 2 free throws with 20.1 seconds left put it away at 111-105.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Spurs 13-4. Harden (No. 1 in clutch points, 2018-19) scored 10 of the Rockets’ 13 on 4 for 5 shooting.
For the Spurs, Bryn Forbes scored 20 points (10 in the paint) on 8 for 10 shooting, and Davis Bertans went 1 for 10 from 3.
The Rockets went 25 for 32 at the line to the Spurs’ 16 for 17. The Spurs outscored the Rockets 56-36 in the paint. The Spurs’ starters were outscored 37-26 in 14 minutes together.
Houston RocketsSan Antonio SpursPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 20% (4th quarter, 4:13 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
86 points from the field on 85 shots: 2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 8-13 | 61.5% | 63% |
| In the paint | 10-26 | 38.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 0-6 | 0.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-31 | 45.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 35 | 14 | 5-11 | −3 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 9 | 8 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Bryn Forbes | 7 | 13 | 4-6 | +9 |
| Davis Bertans | 6 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 21 | 7-12 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 64 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 36 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Forbes | 33 | 2 | 1-3 | −6 |
| Davis Bertans | 8 | 2 | 0-3 | 0 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 5 | 10 | 5-7 | +9 |
| Derrick White | 5 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 2 | 0-1 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeMar DeRozan | 27 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Bryn Forbes | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Patty Mills | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Marco Belinelli | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 3 | 1-7 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAS
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Harden 32' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (54 PTS)
Q4 3:15
25.7%
29→55
Harden 30' 3PT Jump Shot (57 PTS)
Q4 2:50
23.9%
53→77
Harden 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (59 PTS)
Q4 1:55
19.5%
62→82
DeRozan 2' Driving Layup (16 PTS) (Forbes 2 AST)
Q4 2:24
14.9%
77→62
Nene 4' Putback Layup (3 PTS)
Q2 10:49
14.4%
77→92
