⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 2:53 · SAC 29-21 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 7:38 · SAC 87-73 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 1:22 · SAC 110-89 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 20 | Threes made | 16 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 32 | Assists | 24 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
