⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 42- Won the second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q3 6:37 · PHX 80-70 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q4 4:09 · PHX 107-101 MEM
- Missed FT
Grant Hill misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · PHX 116-108 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:28 · PHX 86-84 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 10:17 · PHX 95-94 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
O.J. Mayo traveling
Q4 2:33 · PHX 109-105 MEM
- Turnover
Rudy Gay turnover
Q4 1:01 · PHX 114-107 MEM
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
