⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second 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 Warriors did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 30-15 off them
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 35
- Burned in transition, 17 fast break points to 29
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 9:12 · PHX 79-61 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q3 1:00 · PHX 100-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:17 · PHX 8-14 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 34 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
