⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-9 off them- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 53
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 9:12 · GS 61-65 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 7:39 · GS 72-68 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Derek Fisher traveling
Q4 1:13 · GS 105-98 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Thomas misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:30 · GS 108-100 PHX
📊The numbers
| GS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
