⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eighteen- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q2 0:41 · SAC 65-48 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 3:58 · SAC 20-28 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
