⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of seventeen from three- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 5
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 10 down to 1 up
Q1 5:52 · SAC 21-20 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 7:13 · SAC 71-81 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 1:54 · SAC 90-87 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 0:20 · SAC 27-41 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 71% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
