⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen
- Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 49
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:41 · PHX 77-63 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 27 | Assists | 15 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
