⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 45
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 9:32 · SAC 15-5 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shareef Abdur-Rahim misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:29 · SAC 94-101 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q3 10:29 · SAC 54-56 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
