⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
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 Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of 26 from three
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 11:04 · SA 28-39 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q4 10:26 · SA 73-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Scott Williams Offensive Foul
Q4 2:51 · SA 88-95 PHX
- Turnover
Scott Williams Foul
Q4 2:51 · SA 88-95 PHX
- Turnover
Scott Williams Offensive Goaltending
Q4 1:50 · SA 92-95 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 77% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
