⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHI 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 Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-11 off them
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 10:25 · SAC 65-55 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 6:13 · SAC 76-59 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 6:11 · SAC 97-88 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
