⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 6:54 · MEM 76-76 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 11:02 · MEM 97-95 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 10:11 · MEM 4-9 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:25 · MEM 30-36 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 8:40 · MEM 97-103 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:00 · MEM 96-95 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
