javascript backquoted strings and semicolon [duplicate]

This little situation in JavaScript was driving me crazy. The contents of the SQL string are unimportant. However, the line I commented as [1] simply was not executing. Other lines after it were executing. I tried to power past the problem by duplicating the line in case there was something happening of the form “this line casts a shadow on the line after it”. No help. The debugger would not stop for single stepping on lines [1] or [2] and condition and values were coming up undefined.

  var temp = sqlConditionFromChoices(spec)
  var sql = `
  SELECT teams.name FROM teams
  JOIN events ON events.hometeamuuid = teams.id
  `
  [condition, values] = temp  // [1]
  [condition, values] = temp  // [2]

Solution: Add a couple of semicolons.

  var temp = sqlConditionFromChoices(spec)
  var sql = `
  SELECT teams.name FROM teams
  JOIN events ON events.hometeamuuid = teams.id
  `;
  [condition, values] = temp;  // [1]
  [condition, values] = temp  // [2]

All lines executed. But why? Can someone explain what hidden rule was allowing the SQL line to devour the lines following? Does it have something to do with backquoted strings?