⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 38 rebounds to 25- Kept giving it away, 29 turnovers to their 21
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:58 · GS 32-36 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw
Q2 8:16 · GS 28-36 SAC
- Technical
Steve Kerr technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:30 · GS 57-76 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 3:24 · GS 16-24 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 9:05 · GS 49-67 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 9:10 · GS 65-90 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 29 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
