⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings 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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 18-6 off them- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 22
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:53 · SAC 19-14 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:20 · SAC 35-27 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 9:18 · SAC 92-80 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Marvin Bagley III technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:46 · SAC 82-79 CHA
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass
Q4 3:03 · SAC 97-91 CHA
- Turnover
Bogdan Bogdanovic bad pass
Q4 0:26 · SAC 104-97 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 5:36 · SAC 47-50 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 6:51 · SAC 92-89 CHA
- Steal
Nicolas Batum stole it from Bogdan Bogdanovic
Q4 0:26 · SAC 104-97 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:53 · SAC 102-94 CHA
- Missed FT
Nicolas Batum misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 0:35 · SAC 104-96 CHA
📊The numbers
| SAC | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 11 |
