⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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 3-point lead to 11
Q2 7:20 · PHX 43-32 SAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 1:15 · PHX 57-43 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 6:52 · PHX 90-79 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q2 1:52 · PHX 47-41 SAC
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
