⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
+3Q126-25
+2Q227-27
+5Q334-29
-1Q432-33
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their fourteen
Key battles
17Free throws made11
5Steals3
7Turnovers10
10Offensive rebounds13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Buddy Hield misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:23 · SAC 114-110 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:58 · SAC 24-25 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
