⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Shot well above their usual, nine of twelve from three
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 23-13 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:36 · PHX 10-4 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:25 · PHX 43-30 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 7:37 · PHX 77-53 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 1:59 · PHX 84-74 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 75% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
