⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ DEN 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 42
- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
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 dragged them back level
Q1 0:02 · SAC 35-35 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 10:18 · SAC 76-61 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q3 0:33 · SAC 114-86 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:46 · SAC 25-33 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Jokic technical foul
Q3 10:18 · SAC 69-61 DEN
📊The numbers
| SAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 37 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
