⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:10 · PHX 33-23 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 8:40 · PHX 41-27 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Boris Diaw offensive foul (Brian Cardinal draws the foul)
Q4 4:09 · PHX 101-94 MEM
- Turnover
Boris Diaw turnover
Q4 4:09 · PHX 101-94 MEM
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · PHX 106-103 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brian Cardinal bad pass
Q4 3:55 · PHX 101-94 MEM
- Missed FT
Bobby Jackson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · PHX 106-103 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 2 |
