⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, nineteen free throws to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 25-8 off them
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Josh Richardson bad pass
Q4 0:45 · SA 109-117 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 8:43 · SA 37-49 SAC
- Steal
Malik Monk stole it from Josh Richardson
Q4 0:45 · SA 109-117 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 30 | Assists | 25 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
