⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of sixteen from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:31 · HOU 27-22 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Bad Pass. Stolen by Keon Clark.
Q4 4:56 · HOU 89-84 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q2 0:00 · HOU 62-53 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 7:13 · HOU 89-84 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keon Clark Lost Ball. Stolen by Moochie Norris.
Q4 4:52 · HOU 89-84 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
