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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 36 | 33 | 27 | 21 | 117 |
 Kings | 25 | 33 | 28 | 36 | 122 |
NOPTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 44-9446.8% | 6-2623.1% | 23-2882.1% | 58 | 26 | 12 |
| SAC | 42-10042.0% | 14-3145.2% | 24-3372.7% | 50 | 26 | 9 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Sacramento Kings122| 37 | 28 | 11-18 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 35 | 22 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +14 | +7.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 19 | 5-15 | 1-1 | 8-11 | 0 | +10 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 30 | 7 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −4.9 | |||||
| 21 | 10 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | −0.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 24 | 7-16 | 2-5 | 8-9 | 0 | +8 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.6 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +0.1 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 122 | 42-10042.0% | 14-3145.2% | 50 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 24-3372.7% | 12 | 9 | 4 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Ben McLemore, Frank Mason III and Skal Labissiere (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans117| 40 | 26 | 7-20 | 1-5 | 11-12 | −3 | +7.6 | ||||||||
| 37 | 27 | 12-21 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 8 | 2-9 | 1-7 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −14 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 18 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.7 | |||||
| 23 | 12 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-2 | −6 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.5 | |||||
| 18 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +1.5 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.7 | |||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 117 | 44-9446.8% | 6-2623.1% | 58 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 23-2882.1% | 12 | 6 | 9 | |||
Bench 26 points on 11 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Cheick Diallo, Wesley Johnson, Kenrich Williams and Ian Clark (coach’s decision).
Kings122Pelicans117ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Willie Cauley-Stein had 22 points (18 in the paint) and a career-high 17 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings rallied from 19 points down in the first quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-117.
The Kings trailed 32-13 with 2:08 left in the first quarter and 69-58 at halftime. They outscored the Pelicans 109-85 the rest of the way.
Cauley-Stein’s cutting layup with 1:25 left made it 115-112, and Bogdan Bogdanović’s driving layup with 25.9 seconds left put it away at 119-112.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Pelicans 14-7. Cauley-Stein scored 5 of the Kings’ 14 on 2 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Cauley-Stein had 2 of his 3 steals.
Buddy Hield scored 28 points (8 during a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter) on 11 for 18 shooting, and Bogdanović added 24 points and 7 assists off the bench. The Kings had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Jrue Holiday had 27 points and 6 assists, and Darius Miller went 1 for 7 from 3. Anthony Davis had 26 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks.
The Pelicans forced 9 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Kings outscored the Pelicans 19-9 in 8 minutes with Bogdanović, Cauley-Stein, Hield, Fox and Jackson on the floor together. Miller and Julius Randle fouled out.
Sacramento KingsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Kings’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (4th quarter, 7:28 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 100 shots: 8.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-38 | 52.6% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-16 | 31.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-15 | 20.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-7 | 57.1% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 30 | 6 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Tim Frazier | 19 | 11 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Darius Miller | 10 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E'Twaun Moore | 14 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Solomon Hill | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Darius Miller | 11 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Frank Jackson | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 3-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Davis | 39 | 14 | 7-11 | +5 |
| Julius Randle | 10 | 4 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jrue Holiday | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Randle 2' Driving Layup (16 PTS)
Q4 2:56
21.3%
55→34
Cauley-Stein 2' Cutting Layup Shot (22 PTS) (Fox 11 AST)
Q4 1:25
21.0%
64→85
Hield 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Fox 10 AST)
Q4 5:29
19.8%
37→56
Cauley-Stein 2' Putback Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 2:40
19.0%
34→53
Moore 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Davis 4 AST)
Q4 1:42
18.1%
82→64
