⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
- A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up 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.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 0:05 · NO 32-28 SAC
- Steal
Herbert Jones stole it from De'Aaron Fox
Q4 2:38 · NO 101-109 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 5 down to 9 up
Q1 8:59 · NO 7-16 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox bad pass
Q4 2:38 · NO 101-109 SAC
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox traveling
Q4 2:08 · NO 103-109 SAC
📊The numbers
| NO | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
