⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 26 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 46 fast break points to 16
- A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 0:58 · GS 32-29 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 11:03 · GS 44-31 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q2 5:05 · GS 63-34 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Martin misses technical free throw
Q1 6:48 · GS 11-13 SAC
📊The numbers
| GS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 46 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
