When they were down 18 in the final five minutes against the Clippers yesterday, the Kings faced, by one measure, 10,000-1 odds:
Kings comeback was improbable: 1700 to 1 assuming the teams were an even match. 1/https://t.co/cBKkif8WyW
— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) March 27, 2017
A top 10 comeback over the past 14 seasons. 2/https://t.co/KsrzpLtj5B
— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) March 27, 2017
But if you factor in the Kings were a two touchdown underdog, the improbability increases to 10,000 to 1. 3/https://t.co/NBoclCL39f
— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) March 27, 2017
Making it the biggest probabilistic comeback of past 14 seasons if you factor in the pre-game spread. 4/
— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) March 27, 2017
How did Sacramento overcome such daunting odds? Willie Cauley-Stein hit the game-winning putback, but no sequence was bigger than Buddy Hield making a 3-pointer, stealing the inbound pass then immediately making another 3-pointer.
