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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 29 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 109 |
 Spurs | 24 | 27 | 39 | 28 | 118 |
HOUTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 44-9844.9% | 10-2934.5% | 11-1573.3% | 42 | 23 | 14 |
| SAS | 46-8355.4% | 13-3636.1% | 13-1586.7% | 38 | 25 | 16 |
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San Antonio Spurs118| 35 | 32 | 14-21 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 26, Career high (his best before, 23) | 10-16 | 2-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.9 | |||||
| 28 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +15 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | −1 | −3.5 | ||||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −4.7 | ||||
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| 27 | 12 | 4-12 | 3-9 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.6 | ||||
| 23 | 12 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0 | −3 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | +10 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −6.5 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.3 | |||||
| Team | 118 | 46-8355.4% | 13-3636.1% | 38 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 13-1586.7% | 7 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 10 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Gorgui Dieng (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets109| 34 | 23, Career high (his best before, 22) | 9-13 | 4-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −20 | +1.0 | |||||
| 32 | 14 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 12 | 5-16 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −10.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-17 | 2-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | −5.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 16 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −1.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.0 | |||||
| 18 | 8 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | +2 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.2 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −1.2 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +2.9 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −0.3 | ||||
| Team | 109 | 44-9844.9% | 10-2934.5% | 42 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 11-1573.3% | 16 | 3 | 4 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Garrison Mathews (coach’s decision).
Spurs118Rockets109ClickTap 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.
Keldon Johnson scored 32 points (20 in the paint), and the San Antonio Spurs went on a 26-8 run in the third quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 118-109 to end an 11-game losing streak.
The Rockets went on an 18-7 run to lead 63-56 with 9:56 left in the third quarter. Keldon Johnson’s corner 3-pointer put the Spurs ahead for good with 8:09 left in the quarter. He made 2 3-pointers during the run, and they led 82-71 with 2:08 left in the quarter and by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter.
Tre Jones scored a career-high 26 points (14 in the paint) on 10 for 16 shooting, and Charles Bassey added 10 points and 4 blocks off the bench. The Spurs had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Rockets, Jabari Smith Jr. scored a career-high 23 points on 9 for 13 shooting.
The Spurs shot 55.4% from the field and 36.1% from 3 to the Rockets’ 44.9% and 34.5%. They outscored the Rockets 21-4 on the fast break. The Spurs were outscored 21-8 in 6 minutes with McDermott, Richardson, Collins, Johnson and Jones on the floor together.
San Antonio SpursHouston RocketsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
105 points from the field on 83 shots: 14.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-23 | 82.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 11-20 | 55.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-4 | 75.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-31 | 35.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 21 | 19 | 8-11 | +13 |
| Eric Gordon | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| KJ Martin | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Tari Eason | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daishen Nix | 20 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Jalen Green | 18 | 9 | 4-5 | +6 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Eric Gordon | 6 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 3-7 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Green | 16 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| KJ Martin | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Eric Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 3 | 1-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
Jones 26' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Collins 3 AST)
Q3 9:37
13.8%
29→43
Eason 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Martin Jr. 1 AST)
Q1 1:37
10.7%
58→47
Green 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q2 0:00
10.1%
55→45
K. Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
Q3 9:04
10.0%
35→45
Langford 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Collins 2 AST)
Q3 11:26
9.9%
37→47
