⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace Technical Foul
Q4 9:12 · POR 86-95 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up
Q2 1:04 · POR 53-60 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 4:35 · POR 67-80 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
