⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:49 · PHX 30-26 BOS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 2:00 · PHX 60-46 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:52 · PHX 84-73 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:51 · PHX 6-13 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 1:23 · PHX 86-84 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
