⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 4:34 · SAC 13-20 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:37 · SAC 0-12 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 4:11 · SAC 65-77 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 6 | Assists | 2 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 21 | Steals | 13 |
| 17 | Blocks | 17 |
