⏱️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
+2Q125-18
-2Q229-29
+1Q328-26
+2Q426-21
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 2 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
Key battles
10Threes made3
9Points off turnovers19
29Assists17
11Steals8
🏀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 stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 10:19 · SAC 37-20 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:30 · SAC 39-33 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jahidi White Technical Foul
Q2 9:21 · SAC 32-20 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
