⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their thirteen
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the third 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q3 5:26 · SAC 20-8 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 0:27 · SAC 31-12 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 2:00 · SAC 59-30 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 10:03 · SAC 31-21 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
