⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 2 down to 13 up
Q2 10:47 · SAC 52-39 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:41 · SAC 63-49 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q4 8:59 · SAC 113-91 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
