⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:07 · SAC 8-3 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 7:56 · SAC 47-35 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 3:19 · SAC 109-92 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
