⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+5Q126-17
-3Q227-29
-10Q314-20
+1Q420-18
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-6 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
Key battles
23Points off turnovers6
12Steals4
8Turnovers18
16Offensive rebounds9
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
