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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kings | 30 | 28 | 41 | 31 | 130 |
 Rockets | 37 | 25 | 35 | 31 | 128 |
SACTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 46-9250.0% | 10-3033.3% | 28-3093.3% | 31 | 29 | 9 |
| HOU | 47-8654.7% | 10-2245.5% | 24-2885.7% | 44 | 25 | 19 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Sacramento Kings130| 38 | 31 | 11-23 | 0-3 | 9-10 | 0 | −4 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.6 | ||||
| 32 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −0.7 | |||||
| 32 | 22 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 6-7 | 0 | +4 | +4.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −3.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 17 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0 | +5 | +2.5 | |||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.9 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.8 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +5.0 | |||||
| Team | 130 | 46-9250.0% | 10-3033.3% | 31 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 28-3093.3% | 10 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 44 points on 16 for 28 shooting
Did not play: Alex Len, Keon Ellis, Kessler Edwards, Matthew Dellavedova and Richaun Holmes (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets128| 37 | 41 | 14-22 | 6-9 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +6.4 | |||||
| 35 | 15 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 4-4 | +4 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 3-4 | −3 | +6.0 | ||||||||
| 32 | 9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −6.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 16 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.7 | |||||
| 13 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.4 | |||||
| Team | 128 | 47-8654.7% | 10-2245.5% | 44 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 24-2885.7% | 15 | 4 | 7 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 32 shooting
Did not play: TyTy Washington Jr., Daishen Nix, Boban Marjanovic, Usman Garuba and Darius Days (coach’s decision).
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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.
De'Aaron Fox made 3 free throws with 0.3 seconds left, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 130-128.
The Rockets had the ball down 2, but KJ Martin missed a 41-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 16. Jalen Green scored 12 of the Rockets’ 16 on 5 for 6 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Fox had 5 of his 11 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Terence Davis and Malik Monk that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Davis and Domantas Sabonis that put the Kings ahead. In that stretch, Keegan Murray had 2 steals, one of them leading to Fox’s 18-foot pull-up jumper that tied the game at 112, and the Kings scored 5 points off them. With 1.7 seconds left, Monk stole the ball from Alperen Sengun, and Fox’s free throws off it tied the game at 128.
Fox had 31 points and 11 assists, and Sabonis added 22 points and 9 rebounds.
For the Rockets, Green scored 41 points on 14 for 22 shooting, and Sengun added 18 points, 9 rebounds and a career-high 11 assists.
The Rockets forced 9 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Sacramento KingsHouston RocketsPS, 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. The Kings’ chance bottomed out at 3% (4th quarter, 0.3s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
102 points from the field on 92 shots: 5.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-21 | 61.9% | 67% |
| In the paint | 19-35 | 54.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-6 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-7 | 14.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-23 | 39.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Green | 29 | 6 | 1-5 | −5 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Eric Gordon | 10 | 7 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 10 | 4-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 45 | 15 | 6-8 | +2 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 9 | 4 | 2-7 | +1 |
| Jalen Green | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Bruno Fernando | 5 | 3 | 0-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Green | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Josh Christopher | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Eric Gordon | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 7 | 2-7 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Fox Free Throw 2 of 3 (30 PTS)
Q4 0:00
48.7%
53→4
Fox Free Throw 1 of 3 (29 PTS)
Q4 0:00
44.3%
97→53
Green 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (37 PTS)
Q4 2:18
28.6%
34→62
Fox 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 0:43
22.7%
86→64
Smith Jr. 3' Cutting Dunk Shot (9 PTS) (Sengun 11 AST)
Q4 2:44
19.6%
34→53
