⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their fifteen
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 2:51 · PHX 62-57 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q1 5:37 · PHX 14-23 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Andray Blatche technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:28 · PHX 114-98 WSH
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
