⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 24-13 off them- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their four
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 stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 11:00 · SAC 45-30 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 8:27 · SAC 76-59 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q4 9:27 · SAC 102-82 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 0:51 · SAC 64-54 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 39 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
