⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
+11Q134-19
-12Q227-36
0Q330-31
+8Q422-14
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of eleven from three- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 25-16 off them
Key battles
64%Three-point accuracy19%
4Steals12
7Threes made3
16Points off turnovers25
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 64% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 35 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
