⏱️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
▼ PHX 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 Suns 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:41 · SAC 22-10 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 11:07 · SAC 85-66 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 2:25 · SAC 27-20 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
