⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 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, 31 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q1 7:20 · SAC 22-16 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q4 8:22 · SAC 109-101 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q4 5:10 · SAC 122-105 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:24 · SAC 0-8 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 1:46 · SAC 93-94 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Garrison Mathews flagrant foul type 1
Q3 2:09 · SAC 91-86 HOU
📊The numbers
| SAC | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 16 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
