⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- They went cold, four of eighteen from three
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 26-15 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:09 · PHX 11-22 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:00 · PHX 72-79 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Terry Technical Foul
Q2 5:54 · PHX 30-36 ATL
- Turnover
Dion Glover Lost Ball. Stolen by Joe Johnson.
Q4 0:48 · PHX 94-95 ATL
- Turnover
Dion Glover Lost Ball. Stolen by Stephon Marbury.
Q4 0:39 · PHX 94-95 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 14 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
