⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 9:27 · PHX 30-27 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 5:50 · PHX 13-15 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
