⏱️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
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-16 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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:53 · PHX 15-9 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 4:31 · PHX 51-42 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:31 · PHX 106-88 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 11:18 · PHX 36-37 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
