⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 32
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 14-4 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 5:31 · SAC 84-87 PHX
- Winner
Omri Casspi hit a 26-foot three jumper, Pooh Jeter with the assist
Q4 0:25 · SAC 92-89 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q4 2:33 · SAC 94-89 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Thompson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:33 · SAC 39-40 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:25 · SAC 2-8 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 2:33 · SAC 39-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:23 · SAC 89-89 PHX
- Turnover
Channing Frye lost ball
Q4 0:04 · SAC 94-89 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
