⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 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
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 26-15 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 36
- A 14-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 27 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:32 · POR 103-110 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 9:58 · POR 64-82 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:26 · POR 103-118 SAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 27
Q4 5:43 · POR 105-132 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 19 | Threes made | 19 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 38 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
