⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 37-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 2:25 · GS 72-58 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 10:04 · GS 114-96 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Baron Davis misses technical free throw
Q2 3:58 · GS 60-52 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 31 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
