⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 45
- Ran them off the floor, 13 fast break points to 0
- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q2 8:45 · HOU 47-27 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
