⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 19 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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 49 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 7
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 25-14 off them
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 11:37 · MEM 64-62 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
James Posey Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 9:52 · MEM 64-64 PHX
- Turnover
James Posey Offensive Foul. His 6th Personal Foul.
Q4 1:35 · MEM 105-113 PHX
- Turnover
James Posey Turnover
Q4 1:35 · MEM 105-113 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 3:58 · MEM 15-28 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 0:33 · MEM 20-39 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 3:46 · MEM 105-116 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash Lost Ball. Stolen by James Posey.
Q4 3:00 · MEM 105-111 PHX
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:20 · MEM 113-120 PHX
- Turnover
Joe Johnson Turnover
Q4 0:05 · MEM 115-121 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 10 |
