⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of fourteen from three- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:38 · SAC 17-8 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:14 · SAC 30-23 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 10:23 · SAC 40-29 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:26 · SAC 17-17 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 0:07 · SAC 59-49 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 18
Q4 1:31 · SAC 110-92 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
