⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 24 from three
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 31
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 stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 6:07 · PHX 79-61 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Raja Bell flagrant foul type 1 (Marquis Daniels draws the foul)
Q3 7:22 · PHX 69-56 DAL
- Flagrant
Tim Thomas flagrant foul type 1 (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)
Q3 2:46 · PHX 85-66 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 8:03 · PHX 69-59 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q3 2:46 · PHX 86-75 DAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Erick Dampier flagrant foul type 1 (Shawn Marion draws the foul)
Q3 3:34 · PHX 82-64 DAL
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:46 · PHX 85-66 DAL
- Flagrant
Darrell Armstrong flagrant foul type 1 (James Jones draws the foul)
Q4 8:15 · PHX 93-84 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 27 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
