⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 17
Q4 7:39 · DAL 95-112 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 2:12 · DAL 108-121 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Finley Technical Foul
Q3 2:15 · DAL 68-92 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 8:33 · DAL 10-22 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 28
Q3 6:30 · DAL 59-87 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q3 2:55 · DAL 68-96 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peja Stojakovic missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 2:15 · DAL 68-92 SAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
