⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 44- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki Technical Foul
Q4 1:31 · DAL 95-103 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 2:26 · DAL 43-57 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:12 · DAL 95-105 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 4:11 · DAL 93-95 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Jerry Stackhouse.
Q4 1:47 · DAL 95-102 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
