⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen- Went cold from three, three of eighteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 4:07 · HOU 107-101 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:15 · HOU 59-58 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 7:28 · HOU 69-71 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
