⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
+7Q129-23
+1Q228-24
-2Q320-19
0Q418-16
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen
Key battles
0%Three-point accuracy13%
6Fast break points1
22Points off turnovers11
13Steals6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:56 · PHX 12-4 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 0 | Threes made | 2 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
