⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:51 · SAC 37-20 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Omri Casspi misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:29 · SAC 98-90 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 9:42 · SAC 63-53 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:52 · SAC 67-61 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q4 10:34 · SAC 86-80 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brook Lopez flagrant foul type 1 (Jason Thompson draws the foul)
Q1 4:24 · SAC 20-10 BKN
📊The numbers
| SAC | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 6 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 10 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 11 | Blocks | 5 |
