⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+5Q126-20
+13Q228-15
-7Q324-28
+2Q418-16
▼ NO better than we expected
The second 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 Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen
- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 2
Key battles
15Fast break points2
9Threes made2
8Turnovers14
9Offensive rebounds5
🏀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 13-point lead to 21
Q2 2:36 · SAC 54-33 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Moochie Norris misses technical free throw
Q2 3:58 · SAC 44-30 NO
📊The numbers
| SAC | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
