⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-1Q128-32
-3Q227-32
+3Q331-29
-10Q416-24
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
7Points off turnovers18
22%Three-point accuracy41%
5Threes made11
18Assists30
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
John Salmons bad pass
Q4 4:50 · SAC 96-104 PHX
- Turnover
Quincy Douby bad pass
Q4 3:59 · SAC 96-104 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q4 5:48 · SAC 96-111 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 76 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
