⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 23
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q3 5:00 · SAC 80-70 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q4 6:39 · SAC 98-99 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chucky Atkins offensive foul (Kevin Martin draws the foul)
Q4 4:28 · SAC 101-99 MEM
- Missed FT
Chucky Atkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:33 · SAC 106-101 MEM
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 0:15 · SAC 111-106 MEM
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
