⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 5- Lost the glass, 13 rebounds to 29
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 took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 10:48 · PHX 12-4 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:56 · PHX 85-80 DAL
- Turnover
Boris Diaw traveling
Q4 4:39 · PHX 93-88 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:54 · PHX 37-46 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:03 · PHX 89-84 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 74 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 8 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
