⏱️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
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third 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 Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to four
- A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up in the third quarter
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
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 7 down to 10 up
Q3 2:09 · PHX 87-77 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q1 4:05 · PHX 25-23 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 0:03 · PHX 29-35 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:41 · PHX 66-66 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ryan Humphrey Lost Ball. Stolen by Amare Stoudemire.
Q4 3:13 · PHX 99-92 MEM
- Turnover
Mike Miller Bad Pass. Stolen by Quentin Richardson.
Q4 0:15 · PHX 107-102 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
