⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
-1Q128-29
-13Q223-31
+6Q337-34
0Q425-26
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen- Made eleven threes to their eighteen
- They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 38 from three
Key battles
13Points off turnovers6
14Turnovers8
18Threes made11
4Blocks2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q2 8:56 · DEN 38-53 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
