⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 13 rebounds to 24
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q2 3:49 · PHX 44-37 WSH
- Missed FT
Grant Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · PHX 105-102 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 2:26 · PHX 80-81 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison bad pass
Q4 3:11 · PHX 100-95 WSH
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
