⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:56 · PHX 20-10 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 5:26 · PHX 82-58 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q4 6:54 · PHX 102-83 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
