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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 21 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 101 |
 Rockets | 26 | 21 | 33 | 34 | 114 |
SASTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 38-8743.7% | 12-3633.3% | 13-1681.3% | 50 | 24 | 18 |
| HOU | 49-10546.7% | 9-3426.5% | 7-1163.6% | 51 | 23 | 5 |
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Houston Rockets114| 39 | 23 | 11-23 | 1-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −2.5 | |||||
| 38 | 21 | 8-15 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +27 | +10.3 | ||||||
| 37 | 45, Career high (his best before, 37) | 19-32 | 2-3 | 5-7 | +18 | +19.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | −7.6 | |||||
| 25 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −6.6 | ||||||
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| 20 | 19 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-4 | +2 | −4.0 | ||||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −0.1 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.3 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.7 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | |
| Team | 114 | 49-10546.7% | 9-3426.5% | 51 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 7-1163.6% | 16 | 15 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Nate Williams, Jae'Sean Tate and Boban Marjanovic (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs101| 40 | 22 | 9-19 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | −15 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 15 | 5-14 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.8 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.9 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 18 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 26 | 20, Season high (his best before, 19) | 8-14 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.9 | |||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | −1 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 15 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +1.9 | ||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 101 | 38-8743.7% | 12-3633.3% | 50 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 13-1681.3% | 12 | 1 | 10 | |||
Bench 50 points on 18 for 36 shooting
Did not play: Sandro Mamukelashvili, Devonte' Graham and Dominick Barlow (coach’s decision).
Rockets114Spurs101ClickTap 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.
Alperen Sengun had a career-high 45 points (34 in the paint), 16 rebounds and 5 steals, and the Houston Rockets went on a 16-5 run in the third quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 114-101.
The Spurs led 65-64 when Sengun’s tip-in put the Rockets ahead for good with 5:45 left in the third quarter. He scored 7 points as they pulled away to an 80-70 lead with 1:16 left in the quarter.
The Spurs got within 82-79 on Malaki Branham’s driving layup with 11:29 to play, but Cam Whitmore answered with a reverse layup, and the Spurs got no closer than 92-88.
In the fourth quarter, Fred VanVleet had 2 of his 4 steals, and the Rockets scored 2 points off them.
Jalen Green scored 23 points (18 in the paint), and VanVleet added 21 points, 10 assists and 4 steals. Whitmore scored 12 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Spurs, Devin Vassell had 22 points and 8 rebounds, and Branham added a season-high 20 points off the bench.
The Spurs forced 7 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Rockets outscored the Spurs 70-44 in the paint.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
107 points from the field on 104 shots: 9.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 27-42 | 64.3% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-17 | 47.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 0-2 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-32 | 28.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Wembanyama | 31 | 27 | 11-20 | +17 |
| Zach Collins | 21 | 13 | 6-10 | +6 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Keldon Johnson | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 51 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Sochan | 25 | 5 | 2-8 | −2 |
| Tre Jones | 15 | 6 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Malaki Branham | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Devin Vassell | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 13 | 6-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tre Jones | 18 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Malaki Branham | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Devin Vassell | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 18 | 7-10 | +13 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Branham 2 AST)
Q4 8:07
12.9%
92→79
Landale Putback Dunk (2 PTS)
Q4 9:51
11.7%
79→91
Sengun 28' 3PT Jump Shot (36 PTS) (VanVleet 8 AST)
Q4 6:02
11.4%
77→89
Sengun 3' Layup (32 PTS) (Ja. Green 3 AST)
Q3 1:16
11.2%
77→88
Vassell 3' Running Layup (18 PTS) (Johnson 2 AST)
Q4 7:45
11.0%
82→71
