⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, eleven of 26 from three
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 2 down to 6 up
Q3 7:26 · PHX 80-74 MIL
- Steal
Boris Diaw stole it from Steve Blake
Q4 2:36 · PHX 113-106 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa offensive foul (Andrew Bogut draws the foul)
Q4 2:14 · PHX 115-108 MIL
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa turnover
Q4 2:14 · PHX 115-108 MIL
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:07 · PHX 122-116 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 0:40 · PHX 62-69 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mo Williams bad pass
Q4 4:31 · PHX 110-103 MIL
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:18 · PHX 111-105 MIL
- Turnover
Steve Blake lost ball
Q4 2:36 · PHX 113-106 MIL
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
