⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 2:29 · SA 38-27 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 3:51 · SA 56-39 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 11:18 · SA 83-74 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:52 · SA 96-89 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
