⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 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
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 30-8 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 10:08 · POR 9-18 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 0:03 · POR 41-49 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 6:41 · POR 76-96 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
