⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:07 · POR 78-83 SAC
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews bad pass
Q4 2:40 · POR 79-85 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 8:41 · POR 24-37 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 6:28 · POR 55-61 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:54 · POR 65-75 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
