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Sacramento Kings 97, Houston Rockets 128 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Sacramento Kings 97, Houston Rockets 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAC 22-33 HOU; Q2 SAC 28-44 HOU; Q3 SAC 26-31 HOU; Q4 SAC 21-20 HOU.
Top performers (box score): Reed Sheppard (HOU) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Russell Westbrook (SAC) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Nique Clifford (SAC) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.
Standouts
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
Ahead for good: Kevin Durant makes running layup (Reed Sheppard assists) (Q1 9:06, SAC 2, HOU 4).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 22 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 97 | |
| HOU | 33 | 44 | 31 | 20 | 128 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Sacramento Kings
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Achiuwa F | 30 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -14 |
| Nique Clifford G | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -13 |
| Maxime Raynaud C | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -13 |
| Russell Westbrook G | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10-19 | 1-7 | 1-1 | -9 |
| DeMar DeRozan G | 24 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7-8 | -9 |
| Daeqwon Plowden G-F | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -18 |
| Patrick Baldwin Jr. F | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -24 |
| Malik Monk G | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -25 |
| Drew Eubanks F | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 |
| Keegan Murray F | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | -7 |
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. F | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | +10 |
| Reed Sheppard G | 32 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9-21 | 7-16 | 3-3 | +24 |
| Alperen Sengun F-C | 32 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 7-8 | +23 |
| Kevin Durant F | 28 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-13 | 2-5 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Josh Okogie G | 24 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | +30 |
| Tari Eason F | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Aaron Holiday G | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +24 |
| Isaiah Crawford F | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +7 |
| Jeff Green F | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +8 |
| Clint Capela C | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +19 |
| JD Davison G | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | Starter | 25 | 22 | 56.6 | 35.6 | -17.6 | 12.5 |
| DeMar DeRozan | Starter | 24 | 15 | 71.3 | 21.1 | -21.2 | 13.6 |
| Maxime Raynaud | Starter | 29 | 11 | 55.7 | 16.4 | -20.0 | 8.1 |
| Precious Achiuwa | Starter | 30 | 6 | 27.3 | 17.8 | -31.0 | 1.9 |
| Keegan Murray | Starter | 09 | 3 | 45.2 | 14.3 | -41.2 | 6.7 |
| Nique Clifford | Bench | 29 | 15 | 68.2 | 21.4 | -17.8 | 8.7 |
| Daeqwon Plowden | Bench | 24 | 9 | 45.0 | 16.1 | -38.0 | 4.5 |
| Malik Monk | Bench | 19 | 7 | 39.4 | 19.6 | -64.1 | 9.6 |
| Patrick Baldwin Jr. | Bench | 21 | 5 | 36.3 | 15.1 | -55.8 | -2.1 |
| Drew Eubanks | Bench | 10 | 1 | 26.6 | 7.7 | -33.3 | 14.8 |
| Doug McDermott | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Devin Carter | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Sheppard | Starter | 32 | 28 | 62.7 | 31.6 | +34.9 | 14.4 |
| Alperen Sengun | Starter | 32 | 26 | 78.7 | 24.7 | +35.4 | 30.7 |
| Kevin Durant | Starter | 28 | 21 | 73.3 | 25.4 | +12.5 | 13.0 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | Starter | 33 | 12 | 50.0 | 16.9 | +17.4 | 6.8 |
| Tari Eason | Starter | 21 | 8 | 90.1 | 9.3 | +7.7 | 7.1 |
| Josh Okogie | Bench | 24 | 14 | 88.8 | 14.3 | +55.9 | 20.8 |
| Aaron Holiday | Bench | 20 | 7 | 87.5 | 13.3 | +61.0 | 5.3 |
| Jeff Green | Bench | 15 | 5 | 62.5 | 12.1 | +25.8 | 7.8 |
| Isaiah Crawford | Bench | 17 | 3 | 75.0 | 9.8 | +23.2 | 4.8 |
| Clint Capela | Bench | 13 | 2 | 25.8 | 16.1 | +70.3 | 4.0 |
| JD Davison | Bench | 5 | 2 | 33.3 | 27.3 | +15.9 | 19.5 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
⚔️ Season Series & What's Next
- HOU 98@SAC 111 Recap
- HOU 124@SAC 125 Recap
- SAC 95@HOU 121 Recap
- SAC 113@HOU 103 Recap
- HOU 127@SAC 132 Recap
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