⏱️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
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 37 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- Steal
Josh Giddey stole it from Domantas Sabonis
Q4 0:46 · CHI 119-122 SAC
- Steal
Nikola Vucevic stole it from Malik Monk
Q4 0:21 · CHI 119-122 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zach LaVine lost ball turnover
Q4 4:28 · CHI 115-116 SAC
- Turnover
Nikola Vucevic out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:14 · CHI 119-122 SAC
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 0:14 · CHI 119-122 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox lost ball turnover
Q4 4:42 · CHI 115-116 SAC
- Turnover
Domantas Sabonis lost ball turnover
Q4 0:46 · CHI 119-122 SAC
- Turnover
Malik Monk lost ball turnover
Q4 0:21 · CHI 119-122 SAC
📊The numbers
| CHI | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 13 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 33 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
