⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 24
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 19-8 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 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.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 9:38 · GS 59-63 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jordan Poole flagrant foul type 1
Q4 4:34 · GS 88-98 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:50 · GS 10-21 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q4 11:23 · GS 73-90 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 2:19 · GS 92-112 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kent Bazemore misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 4:34 · GS 88-98 SAC
- Missed FT
Kent Bazemore misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 4:34 · GS 88-98 SAC
📊The numbers
| GS | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
