⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 29-21 off them- Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q1 0:38 · HOU 40-18 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 4:31 · HOU 88-57 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 36
Q4 8:03 · HOU 107-71 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q2 3:06 · HOU 60-41 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
