⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q2 0:39 · BKN 48-66 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 10:07 · BKN 68-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mike Bibby misses technical free throw
Q1 4:43 · BKN 19-14 SAC
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
