⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 2:19 · SAC 80-77 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q4 9:07 · SAC 96-82 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 9:59 · SAC 39-41 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 2:28 · SAC 103-96 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
