⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX 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 Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 28 from three- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 18-9 off them
- Gave up second chances, eleven offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:15 · SAC 73-59 PHX
- Ties it
DeMarcus Cousins hit a layup
Q4 0:57 · SAC 83-83 PHX
- Winner
DeMarcus Cousins hit a 19-foot jumper, Ben McLemore with the assist
Q4 0:00 · SAC 85-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:36 · SAC 41-39 PHX
- Turnover
DeMarcus Cousins traveling
Q4 2:11 · SAC 81-79 PHX
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:36 · SAC 81-81 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 9:03 · SAC 34-28 PHX
- Lead
Markieff Morris hit a 16-foot jumper, Isaiah Thomas with the assist
Q4 1:21 · SAC 81-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:01 · SAC 79-72 PHX
- Turnover
Markieff Morris turnover
Q4 0:42 · SAC 83-83 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
