⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 30-13 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kent Bazemore technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:21 · ATL 73-87 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 0:40 · ATL 29-39 SAC
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q3 6:06 · ATL 82-108 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 34
Q4 8:01 · ATL 96-130 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 14 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 38 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 38 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
