⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 11 rebounds to 37
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:12 · PHX 10-2 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 8:42 · PHX 41-21 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q3 7:30 · PHX 73-41 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Al Horford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:18 · PHX 45-31 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 87 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 36 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 19 | Blocks | 5 |
