⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-10 off them- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 28
- Lost the glass, 30 rebounds to 41
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 5-point lead to 13
Q1 5:58 · SAC 23-10 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:57 · SAC 65-57 NY
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:57 · SAC 65-57 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 0:35 · SAC 81-79 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q3 8:57 · SAC 65-58 NY
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
