⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their twelve
- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 45
- A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:40 · POR 17-12 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30
Q3 2:14 · POR 64-94 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 40
Q4 2:22 · POR 80-120 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 30 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
