⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their four
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:11 · SA 89-95 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 1:19 · SA 60-70 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
