⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 10:49 · PHX 45-36 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:05 · PHX 104-108 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 1:22 · PHX 82-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Predrag Stojakovic missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 7:58 · PHX 8-8 SAC
- Missed FT
Doug Christie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · PHX 111-112 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
