⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:17 · BKN 9-2 SAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q2 11:06 · BKN 45-20 SAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q4 9:29 · BKN 105-83 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 1:07 · BKN 86-75 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
