⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:11 · SAC 8-0 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 1:51 · SAC 33-15 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 2:54 · SAC 54-33 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tony Massenburg Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 2:04 · SAC 98-74 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q2 6:58 · SAC 39-23 LAL
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
