⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their nineteen
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
- Winner
Shawn Marion made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Steve Nash.
Q4 2:50 · PHX 99-97 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 4:03 · PHX 101-97 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Lost Ball. Stolen by Brian Cardinal.
Q4 4:30 · PHX 92-95 MEM
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson Bad Pass. Stolen by Brian Cardinal.
Q4 1:29 · PHX 101-98 MEM
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · PHX 102-98 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · PHX 101-97 MEM
- Missed FT
Pau Gasol missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · PHX 101-97 MEM
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:46 · PHX 101-97 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
