⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 0:35 · PHX 59-45 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:07 · PHX 34-33 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Van Exel Technical Foul
Q4 12:00 · PHX 75-61 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
