⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their ten- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 8
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q2 9:09 · SAC 36-46 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul
Q2 2:33 · SAC 42-60 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q1 0:31 · SAC 22-41 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 10:04 · SAC 58-79 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 5:55 · SAC 92-127 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Miles McBride misses technical free throw
Q2 2:33 · SAC 42-60 NY
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 22 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Assists | 34 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
