⏱️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
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their nine
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the third quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 8:41 · SAC 52-36 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 3:53 · SAC 106-92 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vlade Divac missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:15 · SAC 100-92 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q1 3:30 · SAC 31-25 CLE
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q3 1:35 · SAC 83-85 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
LeBron James Offensive Foul
Q4 2:56 · SAC 100-92 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James Foul
Q4 2:56 · SAC 100-92 CLE
📊The numbers
| SAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
