⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 21- Owned the paint, 40 points inside to 24
- Made five threes to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 8:07 · DEN 84-94 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Anthony Randolph technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 0:33 · DEN 66-83 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:11 · DEN 4-11 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 9:21 · DEN 58-61 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:03 · DEN 84-103 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 18 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 10 |
