⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to ten
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 1:23 · SA 29-26 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q2 9:17 · SA 46-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 10:44 · SA 63-56 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Jefferson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:21 · SA 68-58 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:22 · SA 48-48 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
