⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 49- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Raymond Felton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:18 · NY 53-61 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 1:36 · NY 58-72 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 13 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 13 |
