⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 3:14 · SAC 31-26 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 2:57 · SAC 128-104 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 33 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
