⏱️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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten- Gave up second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:27 · SAC 9-0 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 10:30 · SAC 61-47 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 2:58 · SAC 106-88 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Vince Carter Technical Foul
Q3 2:34 · SAC 78-62 TOR
📊The numbers
| SAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 31 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
