⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 4:48 · SA 28-16 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Collins technical foul
Q2 9:07 · SA 40-40 SAC
- Technical
Zach Collins technical foul
Q2 9:07 · SA 40-40 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q1 2:23 · SA 32-31 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 9:07 · SA 40-48 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 7:36 · SA 74-85 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 33 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
