⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 28 from three
- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 26-12 off them
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 2:56 · BKN 32-23 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 0:36 · BKN 70-61 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 8 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
