⏱️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
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of fifteen from three
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 8:00 · SAC 71-64 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 9:17 · SAC 95-85 PHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 4:52 · SAC 111-95 PHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Peja Stojakovic missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:18 · SAC 6-6 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q2 2:09 · SAC 58-57 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 73% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
