⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 6:35 · PHX 21-7 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 31
Q4 5:24 · PHX 91-60 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 26% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 30 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
