⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 35-6 off them
A 182-0 run from level to 182 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 182-0 run
A 182-0 run from level to 182 points up
Q1 11:40 · SAC 0-182 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 180-point lead to 192
Q4 2:00 · SAC 2-194 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Allan Houston Double Technical Foul. Allan Houston gains possession.
Q3 6:35 · SAC 0-122 NY
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
