⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Lived at the line, 50 free throws to their 29
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:10 · SAC 27-24 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Brad Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:41 · SAC 72-65 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:27 · SAC 123-110 CHA
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
