⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 33- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
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 stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 4:58 · PHX 87-69 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 4:50 · PHX 118-97 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:00 · PHX 97-83 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 9:11 · PHX 102-92 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
