⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes 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.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jerry Stackhouse turnover
Q4 4:20 · DAL 100-99 PHX
- Turnover
Dirk Nowitzki bad pass
Q4 3:02 · DAL 100-102 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:03 · DAL 31-28 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 8:15 · DAL 95-97 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q4 4:45 · DAL 100-107 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
