⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their thirteen- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 5
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jabari Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:53 · HOU 41-47 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:53 · HOU 41-55 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 0:40 · HOU 88-102 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 13 | Threes made | 21 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Assists | 38 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
