⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 25 from three- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
Q1 11:22 · PHX 9-0 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 11:10 · PHX 74-57 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie House double technical foul
Q2 0:00 · PHX 64-54 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:16 · PHX 99-85 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
