⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 27-9 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 51
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yao Ming Bad Pass
Q4 4:24 · HOU 83-88 SAC
- Turnover
Scott Padgett Lost Ball. Stolen by Peja Stojakovic.
Q4 1:38 · HOU 86-92 SAC
- Turnover
Maurice Taylor Lost Ball. Stolen by Bobby Jackson.
Q4 0:42 · HOU 86-92 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q1 6:41 · HOU 17-18 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 0:53 · HOU 76-77 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 7:00 · HOU 83-90 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brad Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Scott Padgett.
Q4 2:01 · HOU 86-92 SAC
- Turnover
Bobby Jackson Lost Ball. Stolen by Steve Francis.
Q4 1:50 · HOU 86-92 SAC
- Turnover
Peja Stojakovic Traveling
Q4 1:36 · HOU 86-92 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 18 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
