⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
+1Q127-27
-3Q223-28
0Q321-20
+3Q421-20
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 24-16 off them- Could not get to the line, 27 free throws to their 45
Key battles
40Free throws made20
6Steals12
2Threes made5
18Turnovers11
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 40 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
