⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 22-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 7
- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 7:17 · BKN 14-7 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:07 · BKN 36-44 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 15
Q3 10:54 · BKN 50-65 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Dennis Schroder flopping technical foul
Q2 6:13 · BKN 36-44 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 4:17 · BKN 15-19 SAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q2 5:06 · BKN 38-63 SAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 33
Q4 3:21 · BKN 74-107 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 15 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 12 |
