⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 22-10 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 10:11 · PHX 11-1 SA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q1 4:11 · PHX 30-9 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q2 4:37 · PHX 61-37 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal double technical foul
Q2 1:01 · PHX 61-40 SA
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:22 · PHX 96-67 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 21
Q4 9:12 · PHX 101-80 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damon Stoudamire misses technical free throw
Q4 10:22 · PHX 96-67 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 1 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
