⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 0:06 · SA 72-67 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Smith Bad Pass. Stolen by Bo Outlaw.
Q4 2:18 · SA 89-81 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Smith Lost Ball. Stolen by Joe Johnson.
Q4 1:53 · SA 89-84 PHX
- Turnover
Antonio Daniels Lost Ball. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 1:31 · SA 89-86 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:56 · SA 47-48 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
