⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 7:51 · DAL 61-73 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:29 · DAL 5-10 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 5:46 · DAL 8-19 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 26
Q3 1:36 · DAL 71-97 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 15 | Blocks | 19 |
