⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 0:49 · PHX 82-69 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 2:33 · PHX 102-84 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez double technical foul
Q3 9:21 · PHX 57-56 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 5:03 · PHX 16-21 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
