⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 31
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
Q3 0:31 · PHX 73-67 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Marion Technical Foul
Q1 8:07 · PHX 10-5 MEM
- Turnover
Randy Brown Out of Bounds
Q4 2:27 · PHX 88-82 MEM
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury Backcourt
Q4 0:01 · PHX 96-90 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:31 · PHX 83-78 MEM
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:31 · PHX 83-78 MEM
- Turnover
Jason Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Randy Brown.
Q4 2:27 · PHX 88-82 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
