⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 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.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ime Udoka technical foul
Q4 10:00 · HOU 85-96 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 9:40 · HOU 3-19 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 1:51 · HOU 82-92 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Monk technical foul
Q2 6:19 · HOU 39-44 SAC
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeMar DeRozan and Dillon Brooks
Q3 8:00 · HOU 68-74 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
