⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 2:51 · PHX 61-48 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 11:41 · PHX 85-64 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q4 7:03 · PHX 95-69 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul
Q3 4:05 · PHX 71-57 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
