⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 6
- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 6:19 · SAC 25-11 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 10:28 · SAC 38-18 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q2 6:56 · SAC 53-25 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Taze Moore flagrant foul type 1
Q3 4:45 · SAC 82-52 POR
- Flagrant
Dalano Banton flagrant foul type 2
Q4 3:30 · SAC 107-73 POR
📊The numbers
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
