⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
+12Q137-23
-10Q226-35
-7Q331-38
-13Q416-32
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-15 off them
Key battles
4Threes made14
21%Three-point accuracy42%
15Points off turnovers29
20Turnovers10
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 31 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
