⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve
- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 9
- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their ten
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:57 · PHX 8-0 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 9:18 · PHX 44-28 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 5:37 · PHX 115-90 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:17 · PHX 105-88 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
