⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 8
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 5:24 · MEM 74-65 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 8:27 · MEM 84-85 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q4 3:09 · MEM 89-101 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q2 3:51 · MEM 45-43 PHX
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q2 3:51 · MEM 45-43 PHX
- Missed FT
Leandro Barbosa misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:44 · MEM 89-94 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
