⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 23-12 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 36 fast break points to 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:54 · MEM 25-20 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:06 · MEM 33-28 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:12 · MEM 77-76 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:30 · MEM 25-28 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 9:56 · MEM 77-85 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion misses technical free throw
Q2 9:47 · MEM 39-38 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 36 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 36 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
