⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their one
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 11-point lead to 19
Q2 1:04 · PHX 62-43 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 1:13 · PHX 83-64 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 10:04 · PHX 62-53 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
