⏱️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
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 4:39 · SA 91-88 PHX
- Flagrant
Robert Horry flagrant foul type 2 (Steve Nash draws the foul)
Q4 0:18 · SA 97-100 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- Winner
Amare Stoudemire hit a layup, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 0:53 · SA 97-98 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q4 2:05 · SA 97-100 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 4:26 · SA 91-88 PHX
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:18 · SA 98-100 PHX
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · SA 98-101 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
