⏱️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 and never got it back.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of nineteen from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:05 · SAC 87-92 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 7:11 · SAC 98-96 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Vlade Divac Technical Foul
Q3 6:09 · SAC 66-75 PHX
- Missed FT
Brad Miller missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:05 · SAC 106-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 1:46 · SAC 30-35 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 6:58 · SAC 38-45 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jake Voskuhl Technical Foul
Q2 3:41 · SAC 41-45 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
