⏱️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
+6Q133-30
-6Q215-24
-6Q327-35
0Q438-38
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-12 off them
Key battles
12Points off turnovers23
12Free throws made21
61%Three-point accuracy40%
16Turnovers10
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Darko Milicic technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 6:13 · MEM 8-11 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
