⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
-4Q120-21
+9Q225-21
+3Q325-22
-11Q416-30
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 23
Key battles
2Threes made8
17%Three-point accuracy33%
9Steals14
23Turnovers17
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
