⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 37 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q4 10:28 · SAC 79-98 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 1:01 · SAC 27-32 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q2 2:50 · SAC 43-61 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q2 0:00 · SAC 45-71 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 20 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
