⏱️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
-4Q121-21
+1Q226-26
+2Q327-20
-2Q425-25
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of 21 from three- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their eleven
Key battles
50%Three-point accuracy10%
22Free throws made10
4Blocks1
5Threes made2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:00 · SAC 8-4 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mike Bibby Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 3:08 · SAC 93-82 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Howard Eisley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:45 · SAC 97-89 NY
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 10% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
