⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 22
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:05 · BKN 21-18 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 4:43 · BKN 41-35 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:31 · BKN 24-28 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
