⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-6 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
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 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 0:55 · HOU 44-53 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q2 5:00 · HOU 36-53 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q3 0:00 · HOU 61-89 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 12 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
