NBA number crunch: Kings falter late against Pelicans
A statistical look at the King’s 115-112 loss to the Pelicans:
6: Game-high turnovers by the Kings’ Darren Collison.
8: Pelicans’ largest lead.
10: Team-high assists by the Kings’ Rajon Rondo. Jrue Holiday had 10 for the Pelicans.
Just Rondo things... https://t.co/lvMnattYz9
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) March 8, 2016
15: First-half turnovers by the Pelicans (the Kings had nine).
16: Game-high rebounds by the Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins.
17: Kings’ largest lead.
17: Points by the Pelicans’ Anthony Davis in the third quarter on 6-of-8 shooting. He had eight first-half points.
22: Turnovers by the Kings. The Pelicans had two in the second half.
23: Fewer first-half points by the Pelicans’ Ryan Anderson than he had the previous game between the teams.
23: First-half points by Cousins on 11-of-16 shooting.
Boogie putting AD in the spin cycle! https://t.co/jSSZoEsAOe
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) March 8, 2016
28.0: Three-point shooting percentage by Kings and Pelicans, who were each 7 of 25.
32.0: Advantage the Kings (68.4) held over the Pelicans (36.4) in second-quarter shooting.
40: Game-high points by Cousins on 16-of-29 shooting.
54.2: Kings’ shooting percentage in the first half. They shot 42.9 percent in the second half.
This story was originally published March 7, 2016 at 7:56 PM with the headline "NBA number crunch: Kings falter late against Pelicans."