⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 32
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:30 · PHX 23-15 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 6:03 · PHX 52-33 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Danny Fortson Flagrant Foul Type 2
Q4 2:58 · PHX 114-88 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
