⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two
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 3-point lead to 11
Q2 8:22 · SAC 35-24 CHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q3 9:45 · SAC 64-36 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q4 6:18 · SAC 91-70 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
