⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one- They went cold, one of eighteen from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, 24 offensive rebounds to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:16 · DAL 35-27 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 9:03 · DAL 38-39 PHX
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q4 5:31 · DAL 96-112 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 9:19 · DAL 35-31 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 1 | Threes made | 11 |
| 6% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 9 |
