⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC 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 Thunder did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 20-11 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 0:22 · PHX 38-33 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 8:07 · PHX 75-65 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 0:31 · PHX 92-77 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:00 · PHX 13-14 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 7:41 · PHX 46-48 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 3:21 · PHX 77-75 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
