⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:37 · MEM 8-0 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brian Cardinal missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:10 · MEM 30-27 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 1:13 · MEM 30-35 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 8:41 · MEM 34-44 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Johnson Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 1:10 · MEM 30-27 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 8 |
