⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their two- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 12
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q3 0:23 · PHX 99-75 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q4 2:25 · PHX 124-92 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 2 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 32 | Assists | 14 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
