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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 30 | 18 | 27 | 34 | 109 |
 Spurs | 27 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 105 |
HOUTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 42-8648.8% | 13-3339.4% | 12-1963.2% | 49 | 25 | 18 |
| SAS | 42-9245.7% | 9-3129.0% | 12-1675.0% | 41 | 26 | 10 |
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Houston Rockets109| 37 | 23 | 9-17 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 10 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 27 | 10-18 | 5-7, Ties his career high | 2-6 | 0 | +3 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 13 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | +17 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −5.9 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +7 | −0.6 | |||||
| 18 | 9 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 0 | −7 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | +3 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 14 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.1 | |||||
| Team | 109 | 42-8648.8% | 13-3339.4% | 49 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 12-1963.2% | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: John Wall and Eric Gordon (injury/illness); Chris Clemons (not with team).
San Antonio Spurs105| 35 | 10 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | 5-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | −0.8 | ||||||||
| 31 | 29, Career high (his best before, 26) | 12-16 | 2-3 | 3-5 | −12 | +9.8 | ||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −7.6 | |||||
| 25 | 16 | 6-14 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −6.8 | |||||
| 23 | 12 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +4.6 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.2 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | +3 | +0.3 | |||||||
| Team | 105 | 42-9245.7% | 9-3129.0% | 41 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 12-1675.0% | 10 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 26 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Tre Jones, Luka Samanic and Trey Lyles (coach’s decision).
Rockets109Spurs105ClickTap 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.
Sterling Brown scored 23 points (12 in the paint), and the Houston Rockets went on a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 109-105.
The Spurs led 99-90 with 4:39 left in the fourth quarter. Christian Wood’s 2 free throws put the Rockets ahead for good with 2:09 left. He scored 8 points during the run, and they led 105-101 with 1:46 left.
The Spurs got within 107-105 on DeMar DeRozan’s layup with 1:00 to play, but P.J. Tucker answered with 2 free throws, and the Spurs got no closer.
Jae'Sean Tate’s driving layup with 1:19 left made it 107-103, and Tucker’s 2 free throws with 0.4 seconds left put it away at 109-105. The Spurs had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but DeRozan missed a 14-foot fadeaway with 0.4 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Spurs 13-6. Wood scored 5 of the Rockets’ 13 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Wood had 27 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.
For the Spurs, Keldon Johnson scored a career-high 29 points (18 in the paint) on 12 for 16 shooting, and Patty Mills went 1 for 7 from 3. Dejounte Murray had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals.
The Rockets shot 48.8% from the field and 39.4% from 3 to the Spurs’ 45.7% and 29.0%. The Rockets outscored the Spurs 27-14 in 10 minutes with Tucker, Wood, Nwaba, Brown and Tate on the floor 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 5% (4th quarter, 4:39 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 86 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-37 | 62.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 2-6 | 33.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-29 | 37.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 45 | 20 | 7-11 | +3 |
| Rudy Gay | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Keldon Johnson | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 23 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Patty Mills | 14 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Keldon Johnson | 11 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keldon Johnson | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Devin Vassell | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Dejounte Murray | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 8 | 4-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
SAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
SAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Wood 25' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Tate 10 AST)
Q4 2:47
23.9%
77→53
Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Tate 9 AST)
Q4 3:54
20.4%
89→68
DeRozan 2' Finger Roll Layup (13 PTS)
Q4 1:00
16.8%
10→27
Wood Free Throw 1 of 2 (26 PTS)
Q4 2:09
16.0%
56→40
Tate 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (13 PTS)
Q4 1:19
15.7%
29→14
