⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 31- Kept giving it away, 26 turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 38-15 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q2 4:18 · SAC 53-62 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Aaron Fox technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:47 · SAC 87-101 WSH
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:27 · SAC 109-120 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 4:44 · SAC 23-32 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 38 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
