⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
-4Q124-31
-3Q220-22
-6Q316-22
0Q424-23
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
3Blocks11
16Offensive rebounds7
22Free throws made12
6Fast break points12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 2:00 · SAC 60-77 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Markieff Morris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:10 · SAC 60-77 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
