⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-2Q126-27
-1Q229-32
+1Q328-29
-5Q419-24
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 38- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 22-12 off them
Key battles
22Points off turnovers12
19Assists32
12Fast break points20
12Steals7
🏀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 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:59 · SAC 39-37 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q4 6:39 · SAC 101-111 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 32 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
