⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-2Q126-29
+5Q227-22
+5Q327-23
+1Q418-17
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 21-10 off them
Key battles
4Steals10
10Points off turnovers21
16Turnovers8
16Offensive rebounds9
🏀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 6 down to 3 up
Q2 2:16 · PHX 51-48 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jared Dudley bad pass
Q4 1:32 · PHX 98-91 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:48 · PHX 4-12 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
