⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 31
- A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 23
Q2 9:14 · SAC 29-52 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q3 4:22 · SAC 72-97 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Carl Landry technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 0:33 · SAC 17-36 HOU
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses technical free throw
Q2 2:39 · SAC 39-62 HOU
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:11 · SAC 54-74 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:16 · SAC 8-19 HOU
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 27
Q1 4:39 · SAC 17-44 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
