⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 34 fast break points to 10- A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
- Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 27
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q1 3:40 · PHX 36-18 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32
Q2 6:33 · PHX 64-32 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 39-point deficit to 29
Q3 4:18 · PHX 100-71 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 35 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
