⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC 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 Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of seventeen from three
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
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:47 · PHX 91-88 SAC
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa Bad Pass
Q4 0:23 · PHX 97-94 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Doug Christie missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:35 · PHX 92-89 SAC
- Turnover
Brad Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 0:00 · PHX 101-96 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
