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Sacramento Kings vs Houston Rockets — Win Probability

FINAL
Sacramento Kings logo
Sacramento Kings
5-16
95
VS
Houston Rockets logo
Houston Rockets
13-5
121
Model expected score: Sacramento Kings 111.4 – Houston Rockets 126.1 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)

Injury Report

Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.

SAC
  • Maxime RaynaudOut
  • Keegan MurrayDay-To-Day
  • Domantas SabonisDay-To-Day
  • Ben SimmonsOut
HOU
  • Oscar TshiebweDay-To-Day
  • Clint CapelaOut
  • Steven AdamsOut

Prediction vs. Result

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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Rockets 89%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Rockets won by 26
COMBINED SCORE
216

Margin of Victory — Houston Rockets (Home)

Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.

Lost
15%
Won by 1-3
6%
Won by 4-7
9%
Won by 8-14
19%
Won by 15-21
19%
Won by 21+ ← actual result
33%

Total Score — Over / Under

Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 216.

O/U LINE 210
92% over ✓8% under
O/U LINE 220
82% over18% under ✓
O/U LINE 230
65% over35% under ✓
O/U LINE 240 MODEL'S PICK
45% over55% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
26% over74% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
12% over88% under ✓

Starter Grades

Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.

SAC
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Zach LaVineSG
19.2
DeMar DeRozanPF
18.4
Domantas SabonisC
15.8
Russell WestbrookSF
15.2
Keegan MurrayPF
14.0
HOU
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Kevin DurantSF
26.0
Alperen ŞengünC
20.4
Amen ThompsonPG
18.3
Jabari Smith Jr.PF
15.8
Reed SheppardSG
13.5

Team Grades

Both teams' own season-to-date production, ranked against the rest of the league -- Core Four, Four Factors, and Net Efficiency, computed from real box scores (regular season only).

Ranked all 30 teams
SAC
111.00
28th / 30
Points
HOU
121.74
4th / 30
SAC
39.32
30th / 30
Rebounds
HOU
49.84
1st / 30
SAC
25.73
17th / 30
Assists
HOU
25.53
22nd / 30
SAC
101.18
8th / 30
Pace
PaceAn estimate of the number of possessions per 48 minutes by a team.
HOU
97.70
27th / 30
SAC
52.36%
25th / 30
eFG%
Effective Field Goal Percentage(FG + 0.5 x 3P) / FGA. Weights a made 3 as worth 1.5 made 2s, since it's worth one more point.
HOU
54.75%
14th / 30
SAC
11.83%
8th / 30
TOV%
Turnover PercentageEstimated turnovers per 100 plays.
HOU
12.11%
10th / 30
SAC
20.51%
29th / 30
OREB%
Offensive Rebound PercentageEstimated percentage of available offensive rebounds grabbed.
HOU
38.30%
1st / 30
SAC
.254
25th / 30
FT Rate
Free Throw Attempt RateFTA / FGA -- how often a team gets to the line relative to its field goal attempts.
HOU
.301
7th / 30
SAC
109.71
28th / 30
Off Rating
Offensive RatingPoints produced per 100 possessions (Dean Oliver method), team-pace-adjusted.
HOU
124.60
2nd / 30
SAC
121.39
26th / 30
Def Rating
Defensive RatingPoints allowed per 100 possessions (Dean Oliver method), team-pace-adjusted.
HOU
112.91
4th / 30
SAC
-11.68
29th / 30
Net Rating
Net RatingOffensive Rating minus Defensive Rating -- point differential per 100 possessions, the single best metric for evaluating a team's true strength.
HOU
+11.69
2nd / 30

Efficiency and Scoring per 100 possessions

Season-to-date shooting, rebounding, and ballhandling per 100 possessions.

"Team" is each team's own production. "Opponent" is what they allowed their opponent to average. Both ranked against all 30 teams.

Team
46.27%18th/30
FG%
Field Goal PercentageField Goals made / Field Goal Attempts.
48.19%8th/30
10.7830th/30
3P
3-Point Field GoalsPer 100 possessions.
12.2822nd/30
30.6430th/30
3PA
3-Point Field Goal AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
30.9829th/30
35.19%19th/30
3P%
3-Point Field Goal Percentage3-Point Field Goals made / 3-Point Field Goal Attempts.
39.65%3rd/30
30.197th/30
2P
2-Point Field GoalsPer 100 possessions.
32.811st/30
57.912nd/30
2PA
2-Point Field Goal AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
62.601st/30
52.13%28th/30
2P%
2-Point Field Goal Percentage2-Point Field Goals made / 2-Point Field Goal Attempts.
52.41%27th/30
16.9827th/30
FT
Free ThrowsPer 100 possessions.
22.144th/30
22.4625th/30
FTA
Free Throw AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
28.124th/30
75.60%27th/30
FT%
Free Throw PercentageFree Throws made / Free Throw Attempts.
78.74%16th/30
9.1228th/30
ORB
Offensive ReboundsPer 100 possessions.
17.021st/30
29.7429th/30
DRB
Defensive ReboundsPer 100 possessions.
33.995th/30
8.8510th/30
STL
StealsPer 100 possessions.
9.645th/30
3.7327th/30
BLK
BlocksPer 100 possessions.
5.3310th/30
13.217th/30
TOV
TurnoversPer 100 possessions.
14.6019th/30
20.227th/30
PF
Personal FoulsPer 100 possessions.
20.7411th/30
Opponent
50.03%30th/30
FG%
Field Goal PercentageField Goals made / Field Goal Attempts.
45.29%5th/30
12.8011th/30
3P
3-Point Field GoalsPer 100 possessions.
13.6318th/30
36.4313th/30
3PA
3-Point Field Goal AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
39.0024th/30
35.14%10th/30
3P%
3-Point Field Goal Percentage3-Point Field Goals made / 3-Point Field Goal Attempts.
34.94%9th/30
31.5830th/30
2P
2-Point Field GoalsPer 100 possessions.
27.315th/30
52.2917th/30
2PA
2-Point Field Goal AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
51.3912th/30
60.40%29th/30
2P%
2-Point Field Goal Percentage2-Point Field Goals made / 2-Point Field Goal Attempts.
53.14%7th/30
19.8118th/30
FT
Free ThrowsPer 100 possessions.
17.403rd/30
24.8016th/30
FTA
Free Throw AttemptsPer 100 possessions.
23.607th/30
79.89%20th/30
FT%
Free Throw PercentageFree Throws made / Free Throw Attempts.
73.74%1st/30
11.4614th/30
ORB
Offensive ReboundsPer 100 possessions.
12.0125th/30
35.3630th/30
DRB
Defensive ReboundsPer 100 possessions.
27.421st/30
8.3114th/30
STL
StealsPer 100 possessions.
8.6219th/30
5.0820th/30
BLK
BlocksPer 100 possessions.
5.1722nd/30
14.2417th/30
TOV
TurnoversPer 100 possessions.
14.4414th/30
19.364th/30
PF
Personal FoulsPer 100 possessions.
23.3329th/30
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