⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 3:39 · MEM 49-53 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 3:14 · MEM 74-87 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 9:12 · MEM 34-43 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 8:08 · MEM 63-81 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:32 · MEM 70-87 PHX
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 1:32 · MEM 70-87 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
