⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
0Q130-34
0Q222-25
-11Q319-29
-1Q422-25
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
Key battles
1Blocks4
4Threes made9
19Assists30
13Free throws made20
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:38 · PHX 4-5 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 4:48 · PHX 90-111 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby Technical Foul
Q1 9:38 · PHX 4-5 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
