⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 20
Q2 0:17 · SAC 74-54 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 3:49 · SAC 98-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:45 · SAC 47-40 PHX
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:45 · SAC 47-40 PHX
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:17 · SAC 61-54 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
