⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their no- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 22
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-10 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 2:38 · DEN 47-58 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Francisco Elson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:50 · DEN 33-47 PHX
- Technical
Andre Miller technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:09 · DEN 61-75 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 0 | Threes made | 14 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 36 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
