⏱️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
0Q128-28
-1Q227-23
+5Q330-22
-8Q425-31
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their nineteen- Made two threes to their nine
- They shot well above their usual, nine of sixteen from three
Key battles
20%Three-point accuracy56%
2Threes made9
30Free throws made19
58Rebounds44
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
