⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 4:54 · PHX 50-51 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Spencer Hawes technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 1:10 · PHX 55-53 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
