⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42
- A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 31
A 20-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 11 in the fourth quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q2 3:04 · PHX 59-43 MEM
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 30
Q3 8:36 · PHX 75-45 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:56 · PHX 26-32 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 11
Q4 9:48 · PHX 91-80 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
