⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their thirteen
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
- Steal
Ray McCallum stole it from Jordan Hill
Q4 2:59 · SAC 95-89 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 8:36 · SAC 34-38 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ed Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:31 · SAC 93-88 LAL
- Turnover
Jordan Hill lost ball turnover
Q4 2:59 · SAC 95-89 LAL
📊The numbers
| SAC | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
