⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to ten
- Went cold from three, four of seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 1:09 · PHX 70-67 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Howard Eisley missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:50 · PHX 76-75 SA
- Turnover
Jake Voskuhl Bad Pass
Q4 0:57 · PHX 84-80 SA
- Turnover
Jake Voskuhl Bad Pass. Stolen by Hedo Turkoglu.
Q4 0:00 · PHX 84-84 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 5:58 · PHX 15-18 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 11:29 · PHX 21-34 SA
- Ties it
Tony Parker made 23 ft Jumper.
Q4 0:03 · PHX 84-84 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:07 · PHX 84-80 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
