⏱️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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets 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.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:53 · DEN 77-79 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 2:06 · DEN 54-55 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 6:56 · DEN 64-75 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 3:08 · DEN 99-103 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
