⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
+2Q124-24
-8Q216-25
+5Q322-18
-13Q416-31
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22
Key battles
2Threes made5
3Fast break points6
22Turnovers14
25%Three-point accuracy36%
🏀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.
Q3 4:09 · DEN 48-60 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 3:25 · DEN 33-44 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Marbury Technical Foul
Q3 4:09 · DEN 48-60 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
