⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 33
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 dragged them back level
Q2 9:42 · SAC 43-43 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 3:13 · SAC 58-55 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 5:58 · SAC 87-73 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 8:03 · SAC 4-19 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
