⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 18
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 19-5 off them
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 6-point lead to 14
Q2 11:22 · PHX 33-19 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 2:36 · PHX 52-31 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Hill technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:01 · PHX 15-12 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 18 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
