⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their seven- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q1 2:00 · HOU 41-22 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q2 5:18 · HOU 61-35 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 2:13 · HOU 107-76 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Alperen Sengun misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 1:22 · HOU 69-47 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q2 0:00 · HOU 77-55 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeMar DeRozan flagrant foul type 1
Q2 1:22 · HOU 69-47 SAC
📊The numbers
| HOU | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
