⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34- A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 27-15 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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up
Q1 4:11 · SAC 41-22 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kyshawn George and DeMar DeRozan
Q3 9:03 · SAC 72-68 WSH
📊The numbers
| SAC | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 36 | Assists | 23 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
