⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to ten- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 7:43 · PHX 16-9 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 3:36 · PHX 42-28 MEM
- Lead
Jared Dudley hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · PHX 83-82 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick bad pass
Q4 2:16 · PHX 82-78 MEM
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:27 · PHX 82-80 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:48 · PHX 50-42 MEM
- Ties it
Dante Cunningham hit a layup, Mike Conley with the assist
Q4 1:23 · PHX 82-82 MEM
- Ties it
Rudy Gay hit a 5-foot two point shot
Q4 0:23 · PHX 84-84 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 1 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
