⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 10:57 · LAL 60-71 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q3 0:49 · LAL 91-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brian Grant missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:53 · LAL 101-105 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Corliss Williamson Bad Pass
Q4 2:12 · LAL 101-105 SAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:12 · LAL 106-111 SAC
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · LAL 106-112 SAC
📊The numbers
| LAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
