⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-10 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 2
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to ten
- Made three threes to their nine
- They shot well above their usual, nine of sixteen from three
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:36 · SAC 8-0 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:56 · SAC 35-32 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 4:31 · SAC 73-63 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:29 · SAC 27-31 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
