⏱️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
0Q129-29
+8Q232-23
-3Q327-28
+2Q424-21
▼ SA better than we expected
The second 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 Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 25 from three- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 26-11 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
19Fast break points7
26Points off turnovers11
9Turnovers19
12Offensive rebounds20
🏀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
Louis Amundson double technical foul
Q2 12:00 · PHX 29-29 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
