⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+10Q132-23
+16Q233-20
+4Q327-22
+4Q427-25
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 42
Key battles
50%Three-point accuracy26%
8Fast break points18
8Points off turnovers18
12Threes made6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 2:27 · SAC 27-21 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
