⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 7:35 · PHX 35-25 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 4:41 · PHX 45-29 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 2:31 · PHX 45-37 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Peja Stojakovic Technical Foul
Q4 11:04 · PHX 81-67 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
