⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 13
- A 16-0 run took them from 7 down to 9 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 7 down to 9 up
Q2 10:45 · DEN 49-40 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:17 · DEN 24-29 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
