⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 21 from three
- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 28-16 off them
- Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 24
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses technical free throw
Q2 9:48 · BKN 32-28 SAC
- Turnover
Vince Carter bad pass
Q4 3:53 · BKN 91-93 SAC
- Turnover
Jason Kidd bad pass
Q4 3:18 · BKN 91-93 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 8:45 · BKN 85-91 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ron Artest 3 second
Q4 1:20 · BKN 95-99 SAC
- Missed FT
Dahntay Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:44 · BKN 97-100 SAC
- Missed FT
Dahntay Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:06 · BKN 101-106 SAC
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
