⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 16-8 off them- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
A 15-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 20 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:13 · SAC 19-8 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q3 5:09 · SAC 75-50 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Martin misses technical free throw
Q1 2:58 · SAC 17-8 GS
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:54 · SAC 22-11 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 35-point deficit to 20
Q4 7:03 · SAC 95-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
