⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 13
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 1:23 · PHX 61-50 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 9:33 · PHX 73-59 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 8:29 · PHX 72-59 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 10:27 · PHX 39-36 MEM
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shane Battier Flagrant Foul Type 1. His 2nd Personal Foul.
Q3 8:29 · PHX 72-59 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
