⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 34- A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34 in the fourth 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 took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 8:00 · SAC 14-8 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 9:14 · SAC 42-27 TOR
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 34
Q4 8:12 · SAC 89-55 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 4:22 · SAC 42-38 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
