⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 10:44 · SAC 10-3 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 8:37 · SAC 18-5 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
David Joerger technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:29 · SAC 92-99 GS

Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q1 5:46 · SAC 20-17 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 6:18 · SAC 64-78 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 1:54 · SAC 102-119 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Klay Thompson misses technical free throw
Q4 5:29 · SAC 92-99 GS
📊The numbers
| SAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 3 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Steals | 25 |
| 14 | Blocks | 19 |









