⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 6:09 · PHX 50-40 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q4 2:55 · PHX 112-85 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:38 · PHX 66-55 IND
Pacers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:09 · PHX 42-40 IND
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 24 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
