⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their eighteen- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 1:31 · SAC 78-77 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bobby Jackson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:01 · SAC 96-93 HOU
- Turnover
Bobby Jackson Bad Pass. Stolen by Tracy McGrady.
Q4 3:15 · SAC 96-93 HOU
- Missed FT
Chris Webber missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · SAC 101-96 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Juwan Howard Offensive Foul
Q4 3:48 · SAC 96-93 HOU
- Turnover
Yao Ming Traveling
Q4 2:38 · SAC 96-95 HOU
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · SAC 99-95 HOU
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
