⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 26
Q4 7:16 · PHX 113-87 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:20 · PHX 18-11 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 4:01 · PHX 118-98 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
