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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kings | 36 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 94 |
 Rockets | 36 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 102 |
SACTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 35-9038.9% | 9-2832.1% | 15-2171.4% | 47 | 11 | 14 |
| HOU | 36-8144.4% | 13-4131.7% | 17-2373.9% | 48 | 15 | 13 |
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Houston Rockets102| 37 | 28 | 11-22 | 2-8 | 0 | 4-6 | −4 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 36 | 5 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +14 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 33 | 20 | 7-14 | 2-7 | 4-7 | +2 | +4.8 | ||||||||
| 33 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.5 | |||||
| 33 | 21 | 7-18 | 3-12 | 4-4 | 0 | +11 | −1.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 11 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +2.4 | |||||
| 20 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +7 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.1 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.1 | ||||
| Team | 102 | 36-8144.4% | 13-4131.7% | 48 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 17-2373.9% | 6 | 10 | 10 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Bruno Caboclo and Brodric Thomas (coach’s decision); James Harden (injury/illness).
Sacramento Kings94| 38 | 19 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.3 | ||||
| 38 | 17 | 6-17 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −7.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 23 | 8-19 | 0-3 | 7-10 | 0 | −9 | −4.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | −0.2 | |||||
| 25 | 12 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −8.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −1.7 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | −5 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −4.0 | |
| Team | 94 | 35-9038.9% | 9-2832.1% | 47 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 15-2171.4% | 14 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 12 points on 5 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Jahmi'us Ramsey, Hassan Whiteside, Jabari Parker, Chimezie Metu, Justin James and Robert Woodard II (coach’s decision).
Rockets102Kings94ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
John Wall scored 28 points, and the Houston Rockets went on a 13-2 run that bridged the second and third quarters to beat the Sacramento Kings 102-94.
The Kings went on an 11-2 run to lead 62-57 with 2:02 left in the second quarter. Eric Gordon’s 3-pointer put the Rockets ahead for good with 11:47 left in the third quarter. They took a 70-64 lead with 11:02 left in the quarter and led by as many as 13 in the fourth quarter.
Gordon scored 21 points, and Christian Wood added 20 points (10 in the first quarter), a career-high 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. The Rockets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Kings, De'Aaron Fox scored 23 points (16 in the paint).
The Rockets shot 44.4% from the field to the Kings’ 38.9%.
Houston RocketsSacramento KingsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
85 points from the field on 81 shots: 4.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-24 | 58.3% | 64% |
| In the paint | 3-7 | 42.9% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-9 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-33 | 30.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Aaron Fox | 22 | 7 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Cory Joseph | 14 | 2 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Buddy Hield | 13 | 10 | 5-5 | +6 |
| Richaun Holmes | 10 | 5 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 3-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Hield | 18 | 2 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Cory Joseph | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Kyle Guy | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 12 | 4-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richaun Holmes | 25 | 13 | 5-8 | +5 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Buddy Hield | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAC
50/50
HOU
Highest Leverage Moments
Wall 2' Running Layup (22 PTS)
Q3 7:08
10.4%
62→73
House Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q2 0:08
10.1%
45→55
Hield 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Robinson III 1 AST)
Q1 3:58
9.5%
58→49
Fox 2' Layup (18 PTS)
Q3 1:57
9.5%
77→68
Wall 20' Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q3 2:56
9.0%
68→77
