⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 35 fast break points to 17- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:23 · SAC 20-16 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:07 · SAC 30-21 SA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q3 6:16 · SAC 91-80 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 35 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
