⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 41- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 16-8 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 5:47 · DEN 90-90 PHX
- Turnover
Andre Miller Turnover
Q4 2:57 · DEN 95-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 4:58 · DEN 16-19 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Walter McCarty Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 8:33 · DEN 28-35 PHX
- Technical
Quentin Richardson Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 5:47 · DEN 90-90 PHX
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:52 · DEN 95-99 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
