⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 16 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
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 29
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shaquille O'Neal flagrant foul type 1 (Tim Duncan draws the foul)
Q4 5:26 · PHX 90-105 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:19 · PHX 8-18 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:03 · PHX 37-46 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
