⏱️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
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 17-4 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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:07 · PHX 10-3 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:18 · PHX 46-32 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 9:41 · PHX 61-60 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 2:36 · PHX 29-28 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
