⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 22 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rodney White missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 10:52 · DEN 20-21 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:11 · DEN 49-55 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 1:46 · DEN 67-70 PHX
- Missed FT
Anfernee Hardaway missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:16 · DEN 67-70 PHX
- Turnover
Anfernee Hardaway Bad Pass. Stolen by Lorinza Harrington.
Q4 0:43 · DEN 70-71 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 0 | Threes made | 3 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
