⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:47 · SAC 29-26 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:00 · SAC 105-92 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Aaron Fox technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:04 · SAC 117-106 OKC
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass
Q4 3:38 · SAC 119-113 OKC
- Missed FT
De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · SAC 123-119 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 5:45 · SAC 14-20 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:02 · SAC 59-57 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 18 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
