⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-7Q114-19
+6Q232-22
+6Q326-23
-4Q422-25
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Went cold from three, four of eighteen
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their fourteen
Key battles
20Points off turnovers9
10Blocks4
14Offensive rebounds21
23Assists17
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
