⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-6 off them- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 47
A 14-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 17 in the third quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 17
Q3 3:15 · SA 73-56 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
