⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:55 · PHX 26-24 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:57 · PHX 34-27 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:03 · PHX 42-29 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
