⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 31 from three
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 40
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 9:38 · PHX 17-6 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 5:05 · PHX 67-45 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q2 2:36 · PHX 70-55 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q3 6:35 · PHX 92-76 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 4:41 · PHX 31-17 DEN
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 20 | Threes made | 4 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 86 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 13 | Blocks | 4 |
