⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine- Beaten inside, 42 points in the paint to 58
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 5:33 · PHX 68-61 SAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 9:56 · PHX 82-73 SAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Jared Dudley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:11 · PHX 42-47 SAC
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:37 · PHX 85-78 SAC
- Turnover
Steve Nash lost ball
Q4 3:55 · PHX 85-80 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 6:01 · PHX 85-82 SAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeMarcus Cousins flagrant foul type 1 (Channing Frye draws the foul)
Q3 9:59 · PHX 51-52 SAC
- Technical
Marcus Thornton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:56 · PHX 74-73 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
