Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: San Antonio 61-21, Houston 55-27
Game 1 on Monday, 01 May: Houston wins at San Antonio, 126-pts-99
Game 2 on Wednesday, 03 May: Houston loses at San Antonio, 121-pts-96
Game 3 on Friday, 05 May: San Antonio wins at Houston, 103-pts-92
Game 4 on Sunday, 07 May: San Antonio loses at Houston, 125-pts-104
Game 5 on Tuesday, 09 May: Houston loses at San Antonio, 110-pts-107 (OT)
Game 6 on Thursday, 11 May: San Antonio wins at Houston, 114-pts-75

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The San Antonio Spurs visited and bested the Houston Rockets 114-pts-75 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 victory. With the series 1346 win, the San Antonio Spurs improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 37-22 overall and 14-11 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1346 loss, the Houston Rockets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 16-19 overall and 7-7 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious San Antonio Spurs in series 1346 was LWWLWW: Series 1346 thus becomes the fourth NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 11th NBA series (all rounds), and the 34th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The sum of the victory margins of the six series 1346 games, 126 points, is tied for the fourth-largest such sum in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history.

After Game 5: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and defeated the Houston Rockets 110-pts-107 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 15-3 and a Game 6 record of 12-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 3-11 and a Game 6 record of 6-8. The Houston Rockets have a series record of only 3-11 when trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2, but won the last such series (series 1280, over the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2015 NBA Quarterfinals).

After Game 4: The Houston Rockets hosted and defeated the San Antonio Spurs 125-pts-104 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 12-9 and a Game 5 record of 13-8, while the Houston Rockets have a series record of 6-6 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 5 record of 6-6.

After Game 3: The San Antonio Spurs visited and defeated the Houston Rockets 103-pts-92 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 20-6 and a Game 4 record of 11-15. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 4-12 and a Game 4 record of 6-10.

After Game 2: The San Antonio Spurs hosted and bested the Houston Rockets 121-pts-96 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 11-12 and a Game 3 record of 14-9, while the Houston Rockets have a series record of 8-2 and a Game 3 record of 6-4. In series 1346, the sum of the victory margins of the first two games is 52 points. That total ties for the fourth-largest such sum in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history.

After Game 1: The Houston Rockets visited and defeated the San Antonio Spurs 126-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1346 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Rockets have a series record of 11-3 and a Game 2 record of 8-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 6-15 and a Game 2 record of 12-9. Houston led series 1346 Game 1 on the road 69-pts-39 at halftime: The 30-point halftime lead is the third-largest ever by a road team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NBA regular season, the San Antonio Spurs finished six games ahead of the Houston Rockets. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by six regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 21-4 (.840) with an active six-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1346 is the 59th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the San Antonio Spurs, and the 35th for the Houston Rockets. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 36-22, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 13-11, and a Game 1 record of 37-21, while the Houston Rockets have an all-rounds series record of 16-18, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 7-6, and a Game 1 record of 14-20. Series 1346 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets. Houston defeated San Antonio in both previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series between the two, in series 392 (in the 1981 NBA Quarterfinals, in seven games) and in series 693 (in the 1995 NBA Semifinals, in six games).