⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 21 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 22-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 19 fast break points to 33
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 8:26 · SAC 46-42 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 8:33 · SAC 102-102 PHX
- Winner
Marcus Thornton hit a 26-foot three jumper, Beno Udrih with the assist
Q4 0:53 · SAC 112-110 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Beno Udrih misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:16 · SAC 107-106 PHX
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins bad pass
Q4 0:00 · SAC 116-113 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 0:33 · SAC 30-40 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 8:38 · SAC 67-78 PHX
- Go-ahead
Jared Dudley hit a 20-foot jumper, Grant Hill with the assist
Q4 1:10 · SAC 109-110 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
