⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 32- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 31
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q3 5:52 · SAC 85-62 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 3:17 · SAC 87-66 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q1 8:12 · SAC 12-15 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
