⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 42
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q3 8:11 · PHX 69-75 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:25 · PHX 87-94 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 4:05 · PHX 46-60 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Thompson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:30 · PHX 62-75 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
