⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 38-5 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 10:58 · SAC 63-71 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 6:23 · SAC 98-117 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jonas Valanciunas technical foul
Q2 9:24 · SAC 34-42 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 9:24 · SAC 34-50 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 7:18 · SAC 71-91 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 3:16 · SAC 100-130 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 20 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 40 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 38 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
