⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Technical
Eddie House technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:40 · PHX 65-80 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:29 · PHX 2-8 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 9:33 · PHX 35-49 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
