⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 22- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their twenty
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q3 4:16 · MIL 79-86 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 10:44 · MIL 94-90 PHX
- Ties it
Ersan Ilyasova hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:44 · MIL 105-105 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Drew Gooden flagrant foul type 1 (Marcin Gortat draws the foul)
Q1 1:31 · MIL 25-30 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Stephen Jackson and Robin Lopez
Q2 8:30 · MIL 34-46 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 5:28 · MIL 21-28 PHX
- Go-ahead
Steve Nash hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 2:04 · MIL 101-103 PHX
- Winner
Steve Nash hit a 6-foot two point shot
Q4 0:05 · MIL 105-107 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 28 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
