⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 0:00 · SAC 53-36 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 7:48 · SAC 63-40 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace Technical Foul
Q4 0:03 · SAC 98-71 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul
Q3 7:48 · SAC 53-40 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
