⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 30
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and were outscored 17-7 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 10:41 · PHX 94-85 WSH
- Ties it
Steve Nash hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 0:59 · PHX 109-109 WSH
- Winner
Steve Nash hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · PHX 111-110 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:45 · PHX 105-105 WSH
- Missed FT
James Jones misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 1:50 · PHX 106-107 WSH
- Missed FT
James Jones misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 1:50 · PHX 106-107 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 9:07 · PHX 63-67 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 6:58 · PHX 96-95 WSH
- Lead
Gilbert Arenas hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:44 · PHX 109-110 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison offensive foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)
Q4 1:38 · PHX 106-107 WSH
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison turnover
Q4 1:38 · PHX 106-107 WSH
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:44 · PHX 109-110 WSH
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 69% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
