⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 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.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q2 0:27 · SAC 76-56 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 9:18 · SAC 9-14 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:58 · SAC 139-130 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 17 | Threes made | 18 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 35 | Assists | 26 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
