⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 12-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 8
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 1:17 · PHX 80-63 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 87 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 33 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
