⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of twenty from three- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 20-10 off them
- A 21-0 run took them from 16 down to 5 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:15 · PHX 8-2 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:32 · PHX 16-5 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Bo Outlaw Technical Foul
Q3 6:58 · PHX 48-60 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run took them from 16 down to 5 up
Q1 1:55 · PHX 27-32 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 6:35 · PHX 32-41 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
