⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-7 off them
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 13-point lead to 22
Q4 10:15 · PHX 97-75 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 8:11 · PHX 7-6 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash Technical Foul
Q2 4:43 · PHX 49-41 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
