⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their twenty- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 21-10 off them
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up in the third 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:22 · PHX 13-7 GS
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 6:16 · PHX 58-41 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 6:58 · PHX 107-107 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:29 · PHX 120-114 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 9 down to 6 up
Q3 6:31 · PHX 82-88 GS
- Ties it
Stephen Jackson hit a 25-foot three jumper, Kelenna Azubuike with the assist
Q4 3:00 · PHX 112-112 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Monta Ellis offensive foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)
Q4 1:10 · PHX 117-114 GS
- Turnover
Monta Ellis turnover
Q4 1:10 · PHX 117-114 GS
- Turnover
Austin Croshere lost ball
Q4 0:11 · PHX 122-116 GS
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 76 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
