⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 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.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 5:00 · BKN 19-30 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q2 6:28 · BKN 29-55 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 41
Q3 1:32 · BKN 58-99 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
