⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 23 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 18-10 off them- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 45
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 11:14 · SAC 9-0 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 1:31 · SAC 79-87 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
