⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 0:57 · HOU 70-64 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 11:33 · HOU 92-81 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Harrison Barnes misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:54 · HOU 98-91 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 11 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
