⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 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, eleven of twenty from three- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 60
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter
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
- Steal
Francisco Garcia stole it from James Harden
Q4 1:31 · SAC 108-107 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
John Salmons bad pass
Q4 0:15 · SAC 113-109 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 6:47 · SAC 70-74 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 0:04 · SAC 88-97 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Patrick Beverley offensive foul (Isaiah Thomas draws the foul)
Q4 4:56 · SAC 100-100 HOU
- Turnover
Patrick Beverley turnover
Q4 4:56 · SAC 100-100 HOU
- Turnover
James Harden lost ball turnover
Q4 1:31 · SAC 108-107 HOU
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
