⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
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 stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 6:26 · PHX 100-78 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell double technical foul
Q2 0:35 · PHX 52-44 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 9:45 · PHX 10-11 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Evans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:35 · PHX 46-34 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 27 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
