⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 9:00 · WSH 61-75 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 1:53 · WSH 74-98 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Leandro Barbosa flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q2 4:09 · WSH 43-48 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 42 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
