Houston Rockets @ Sacramento Kings

21-9, 11-5 Away

113

21-9, 11-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	37	28	32	16	113
Kings SAC	21	36	22	25	104

Sacramento KingsKingsSAC

12-18, 6-6 Home

104

12-18, 6-6 Home

Rockets survive sloppy fourth quarter, beat Kings 113-104

James Harden scored 34 points, Russell Westbrook had 28 and the Houston Rockets overcame one of their worst fourth quarters of the season to beat the Sacramento Kings 113-104 on Monday night.

Dec 24, 2019, 06:01 pm - Associated Press

100%

--HOU

--SAC

According to ESPN Analytics

Clint Capela makes 2-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Harrison Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper
PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Harrison Barnes makes driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Clint Capela misses layup
Danuel House Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
Richaun Holmes makes 13-foot two point shot (Harrison Barnes assists)
Danuel House Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield misses 27-foot three point jumper
PJ Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes two point shot
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Clint Capela makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 1
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Clint Capela makes dunk
Buddy Hield misses 11-foot two point shot
Danuel House Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes 4-foot two point shot
PJ Tucker makes 2-foot layup (Clint Capela assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox makes 20-foot jumper
PJ Tucker misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Buddy Hield misses 29-foot three point jumper
Danuel House Jr. makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 4-foot layup (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Marvin Bagley III misses 6-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
Marvin Bagley III misses 16-foot jumper
Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marvin Bagley III makes alley oop layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Gary Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Harrison Barnes misses alley oop dunk shot
Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
Gary Clark misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica makes layup (Buddy Hield assists)
Ben McLemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
Nemanja Bjelica misses 10-foot two point shot
Gary Clark makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Cory Joseph makes 11-foot jumper
Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
PJ Tucker makes three point jumper (Gary Clark assists)
Cory Joseph misses 23-foot three point jumper
Harrison Barnes makes layup (Richaun Holmes assists)
Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 1
Richaun Holmes makes layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Russell Westbrook makes 17-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
Harrison Barnes makes 2-foot two point shot (Richaun Holmes assists)
Austin Rivers makes 7-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cory Joseph assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot jumper
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses layup
Richaun Holmes makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Danuel House Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook misses 9-foot step back jumpshot
Richaun Holmes misses 13-foot two point shot
Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)
Trevor Ariza misses layup
Richaun Holmes makes tip shot
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes step back jumpshot
Harrison Barnes makes free throw 1 of 2
Harrison Barnes makes free throw 2 of 2
Clint Capela misses layup
James Harden makes two point shot
Marvin Bagley III makes 2-foot layup (Buddy Hield assists)
Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Cory Joseph makes 9-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point jumper
Marvin Bagley III misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Buddy Hield makes driving layup
Danuel House Jr. misses driving layup
Buddy Hield makes 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving layup
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
Nemanja Bjelica misses driving layup
James Harden misses driving layup
Marvin Bagley III misses two point shot
Marvin Bagley III makes alley oop dunk shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Clint Capela misses driving layup
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes 25-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Marvin Bagley III makes 9-foot jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marvin Bagley III misses layup
Harrison Barnes misses two point shot
Danuel House Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
Harrison Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes jumper
Harrison Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point shot
Richaun Holmes makes free throw 1 of 2
Richaun Holmes makes free throw 2 of 2
Russell Westbrook makes dunk (James Harden assists)
Clint Capela makes 2-foot dunk (James Harden assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses layup
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Harrison Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 10-foot jumper
Richaun Holmes misses 7-foot hook shot
Russell Westbrook misses 18-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot
Danuel House Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (PJ Tucker assists)
Cory Joseph misses free throw 1 of 2
Cory Joseph misses free throw 2 of 2
Clint Capela misses layup
Clint Capela misses layup
Clint Capela makes finger roll layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Cory Joseph misses 11-foot two point shot
James Harden makes two point shot
Buddy Hield makes free throw 1 of 2
Buddy Hield makes free throw 2 of 2
Buddy Hield misses 13-foot two point shot
Marvin Bagley III makes layup
Marvin Bagley III makes free throw 1 of 1
James Harden makes driving layup
Nemanja Bjelica makes 24-foot three point jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Ben McLemore makes free throw 1 of 2
Ben McLemore makes free throw 2 of 2
Cory Joseph makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2
Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
Russell Westbrook misses 8-foot jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 8-foot hook shot
Austin Rivers makes driving layup
Cory Joseph makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper
Marvin Bagley III misses 7-foot hook shot
Trevor Ariza makes tip shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Buddy Hield makes free throw 1 of 2
Buddy Hield misses free throw 2 of 2
Ben McLemore makes three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Ben McLemore misses layup
Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot
Danuel House Jr. misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Richaun Holmes makes 6-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 26-foot three point jumper (Richaun Holmes assists)
Nemanja Bjelica makes two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot jumper
James Harden misses 8-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot
PJ Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 28-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2
Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2
James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup (Cory Joseph assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 1
Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 2
Clint Capela makes free throw 2 of 2
Russell Westbrook makes 23-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2
Nemanja Bjelica misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
Richaun Holmes misses 7-foot hook shot
Trevor Ariza makes layup
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 29-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 31-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point jumper

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Data is currently unavailable.

Matchups

HOU

Season tied

1-1

SAC

118

Game 1@ HOU

Final

119

113

Game 2@ SAC

Final

104

129

Game 3@ SAC

Final

112

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

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