⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Bobby Portis flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:23 · NY 44-72 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 7:51 · NY 11-20 SAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 0:32 · NY 23-43 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 4:22 · NY 34-55 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses technical free throw
Q1 4:41 · NY 14-20 SAC
📊The numbers
| NY | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
