⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 8:45 · GS 14-10 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nick Van Exel missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · GS 96-91 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q4 4:03 · GS 93-91 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · GS 93-91 SAC
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · GS 93-91 SAC
📊The numbers
| GS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
