⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 37
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 1:08 · SAC 68-56 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Donte Greene technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:34 · SAC 45-36 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:40 · SAC 56-54 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| 74 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
