⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-8Q121-32
-2Q222-26
+7Q320-15
-8Q424-31
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth 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
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-10 off them- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 28
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 37
Key battles
10Points off turnovers22
12Fast break points25
15Assists29
20Free throws made11
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 7:18 · SAC 56-69 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 15 | Assists | 29 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
