⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 24 from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their 21
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 18-8 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:29 · ATL 58-60 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 5:24 · ATL 85-94 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 9:44 · ATL 25-37 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:13 · ATL 60-73 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 1:58 · ATL 64-86 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Hill technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:24 · ATL 38-50 PHX
📊The numbers
| ATL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 11 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
