⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 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 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
Shot well above their usual, eight of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen
- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 35
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 24-9 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 25
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 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:47 · SAC 24-21 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 1:23 · SAC 63-49 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 10:33 · SAC 8-12 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:11 · SAC 66-65 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luis Scola turnover
Q4 4:50 · SAC 95-91 HOU
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
