⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 3
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 1:47 · NY 64-82 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 7:28 · NY 8-16 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 10:17 · NY 25-39 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mikki Moore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:31 · NY 56-78 SAC
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · NY 96-104 SAC
📊The numbers
| NY | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 72 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 15 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
