⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:00 · PHX 37-33 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:14 · PHX 72-72 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 2:14 · PHX 96-85 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 6:30 · PHX 43-47 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons bad pass
Q4 0:15 · PHX 122-114 MIL
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
