⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 8:18 · WSH 41-36 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 8:11 · WSH 83-89 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 15 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
