⏱️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
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second 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 Jazz did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q2 2:48 · SAC 35-42 UTAH
- Technical
Doug Christie Double Technical Foul. Donyell Marshall gains possession.
Q2 1:47 · SAC 36-43 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rusty LaRue Technical Foul
Q2 0:59 · SAC 40-45 UTAH
📊The numbers
| SAC | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
