⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Mavericks 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 10:11 · DAL 75-73 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tim Hardaway Jr. and JaVale McGee
Q1 1:49 · DAL 28-33 SAC
- Technical
Dereck Lively II technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:31 · DAL 67-72 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 9:11 · DAL 99-120 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Monk technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:34 · DAL 98-112 SAC
📊The numbers
| DAL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 12 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
