⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BOS 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 Celtics did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first quarter
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 9:15 · PHX 19-4 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 5:05 · PHX 36-26 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 5:07 · PHX 61-45 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Grant Hill misses technical free throw
Q1 0:07 · PHX 24-13 BOS
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:21 · PHX 47-36 BOS
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:16 · PHX 85-77 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:33 · PHX 27-26 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kendrick Perkins flagrant foul type 1 (Amare Stoudemire draws the foul)
Q2 1:51 · PHX 40-28 BOS
- Turnover
James Posey lost ball
Q4 0:09 · PHX 85-77 BOS
📊The numbers
| PHX | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
