⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 17-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Roy traveling
Q4 0:44 · POR 93-100 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Bibby bad pass
Q4 4:46 · POR 85-92 SAC
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:27 · POR 87-92 SAC
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
