⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 39 from three- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their twelve
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q3 5:37 · SAC 66-75 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 11:29 · SAC 50-62 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 7:20 · SAC 55-75 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 1:26 · SAC 70-86 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 11 | Threes made | 16 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 36 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
