⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 6:35 · PHX 19-10 WSH
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 1 down to 15 up
Q3 7:24 · PHX 70-55 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 3:27 · PHX 78-58 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 9:40 · PHX 92-75 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
