When watching the game I noticed (of course) that the Rockets got a lot of free throws, and that we didn't. But looking at the box score later, I was surprised to find that the total number of fouls committed by the two teams was not hugely different, and instead what was more salient was the average number of free throws the Rockets got per foul the Kings committed, and vice versa. So I calculated those numbers and compared it to a league average over the last several years. The Rockets were awarded almost 1.5 free throws per foul on average (well above the league average) and we were awarded fewer than 0.7 free throws per foul on average (well below the league average). The willingness for the officials to give the Rockets free throws was a major factor in the game since we actually outshot them otherwise.