⏱️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
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bulls 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 from level to 9 points up
Q1 8:41 · PHX 15-6 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 6:24 · PHX 97-87 CHI
- Steal
Grant Hill stole it from Kirk Hinrich
Q4 1:23 · PHX 106-100 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 4:22 · PHX 97-89 CHI
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:31 · PHX 106-100 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 4:11 · PHX 19-20 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 2:55 · PHX 75-76 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chris Duhon traveling
Q4 4:56 · PHX 95-87 CHI
- Turnover
Kirk Hinrich bad pass
Q4 1:23 · PHX 106-100 CHI
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 69 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 4 |
