⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 9:06 · HOU 53-58 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Glen Rice missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:05 · HOU 53-58 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 0:03 · HOU 27-36 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q3 7:05 · HOU 53-58 SAC
- Missed FT
Predrag Stojakovic missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:51 · HOU 80-82 SAC
- Turnover
Predrag Stojakovic Bad Pass. Stolen by Oscar Torres
Q4 0:21 · HOU 80-85 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
