⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
-7Q128-34
-6Q224-26
-3Q324-25
+1Q429-30
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 22 from three
- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
Key battles
3Threes made12
30%Three-point accuracy55%
10Steals6
13Offensive rebounds19
📊The numbers
| WSH | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 27 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
