⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 42
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 0:33 · PHX 49-61 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 4:54 · PHX 59-81 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q2 2:47 · PHX 44-50 DEN
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 33 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
