⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 26 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their eighteen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:43 · PHX 37-43 OKC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 1:55 · PHX 77-63 OKC
- Steal
Amare Stoudemire stole it from Kevin Durant
Q4 0:55 · PHX 98-94 OKC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:29 · PHX 98-90 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 7:33 · PHX 7-19 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kevin Durant bad pass
Q4 0:55 · PHX 98-94 OKC
- Turnover
Kevin Durant lost ball
Q4 0:24 · PHX 102-96 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 82 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
