⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
-6Q118-26
-8Q231-42
-6Q323-30
+3Q430-27
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 34
Key battles
6Fast break points16
23%Three-point accuracy44%
8Threes made16
10Points off turnovers5
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 2:13 · CHA 18-31 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 16 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
