⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- Go-ahead
Leandro Barbosa hit a 26-foot three jumper
Q4 2:58 · PHX 100-98 MEM
- Winner
Leandro Barbosa hit a 23-foot three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 0:43 · PHX 103-102 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:11 · PHX 94-94 MEM
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 2:15 · PHX 100-98 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 9:48 · PHX 87-85 MEM
- Ties it
O.J. Mayo hit a layup
Q4 2:12 · PHX 100-100 MEM
- Lead
Rudy Gay hit a dunk
Q4 1:30 · PHX 100-102 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 0:25 · PHX 103-102 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 10 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
