With their backs against the wall the Houston Rockets came out in Game 4 ready to play. And the Spurs, well, the Spurs did not. After the game Gregg Popovich said the team “started without an edge.”
The Rockets executed well to start the game and eight minutes into the contest a David Lee turnover gave Nene an easy dunk to put the Rockets up 27-12 with four minutes left in the first quarter. By the time the quarter ended the Spurs had turned it over six times and trailed the Rockets by 12.