⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their fifteen
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 11:41 · SAC 74-89 HOU
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley Technical Foul. His 2nd Technical Foul.
Q4 4:48 · SAC 87-100 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Yao Ming Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 8:22 · SAC 7-9 HOU
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
