⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 24
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 38
A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up in the first quarter
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen
A 15-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 9 in the fourth quarter
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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up
Q1 10:48 · SAC 19-3 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Francisco Garcia and Al Thornton
Q2 0:04 · SAC 71-58 GS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Samuel Dalembert and Monta Ellis
Q2 0:04 · SAC 71-59 GS
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:19 · SAC 126-119 GS

Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 11:45 · SAC 107-92 GS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:03 · SAC 123-114 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Monta Ellis misses technical free throw
Q2 10:07 · SAC 43-19 GS
📊The numbers
| SAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |








