⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 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 fifteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 34-19 off them
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 4:37 · SAC 18-22 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2
Q3 1:31 · SAC 83-85 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Darren Collison misses technical free throw
Q3 2:47 · SAC 65-83 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 7:15 · SAC 37-45 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 9:23 · SAC 86-96 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 4:54 · SAC 100-109 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 34 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
