⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:56 · SAC 18-13 DEN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 0:52 · SAC 35-19 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:29 · SAC 85-75 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 7:43 · SAC 66-55 DEN
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
