⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 31 from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis Technical Foul
Q4 8:51 · NO 63-81 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 5:09 · NO 14-27 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 10:02 · NO 37-62 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
