⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Boris Diaw traveling
Q4 3:57 · PHX 104-98 SAC
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 0:27 · PHX 108-102 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 11:26 · PHX 96-84 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 8:56 · PHX 99-93 SAC
- Steal
Francisco Garcia stole it from Steve Nash
Q4 0:27 · PHX 108-102 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Bibby technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:35 · PHX 83-70 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
