⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 22-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:30 · DAL 17-26 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 11:22 · DAL 74-76 PHX
- Winner
Joe Johnson made 16 ft jumper.
Q4 0:04 · DAL 123-124 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Bad Pass. Stolen by Jason Terry.
Q4 3:43 · DAL 113-113 PHX
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:28 · DAL 119-117 PHX
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa Bad Pass. Stolen by Dirk Nowitzki.
Q4 1:31 · DAL 123-117 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
