⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 19-2 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 30
- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to six
- Made eight threes to their sixteen
- They shot well above their usual, sixteen of 32 from three
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 took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 7:07 · SAC 95-93 POR
- Lead
DeMarcus Cousins hit a layup
Q4 0:10 · SAC 102-100 POR
- Winner
Marcus Thornton hit a 17-foot jumper, Isaiah Thomas with the assist
Q4 0:03 · SAC 104-103 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMarcus Cousins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:05 · SAC 97-95 POR
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas bad pass
Q4 1:02 · SAC 98-100 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 6:05 · SAC 35-46 POR
- Ties it
Wesley Matthews hit a 23-foot three jumper, Raymond Felton with the assist
Q4 1:58 · SAC 98-98 POR
- Go-ahead
Wesley Matthews hit a 23-foot threeer
Q4 0:05 · SAC 102-103 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews offensive foul (Isaiah Thomas draws the foul)
Q4 4:56 · SAC 93-93 POR
- Turnover
Wesley Matthews turnover
Q4 4:56 · SAC 93-93 POR
- Turnover
Raymond Felton lost ball
Q4 0:30 · SAC 100-100 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
