⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 22 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 1:36 · SAC 32-23 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q4 10:49 · SAC 88-82 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash traveling
Q4 4:54 · SAC 89-88 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
