⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️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.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q3 11:00 · SAC 60-70 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q1 0:33 · SAC 23-38 PHX
- Technical
Andres Nocioni technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:58 · SAC 31-46 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 9:37 · SAC 6-15 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q1 1:54 · SAC 23-39 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q3 8:48 · SAC 60-81 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 10 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
