⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- They went cold, two of sixteen from three
- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 17
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their thirteen, and were outscored 24-13 off them
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their ten
Key battles
50%Three-point accuracy13%
9Threes made2
1Blocks6
13Points off turnovers24
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q1 9:11 · SA 21-4 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q2 6:18 · SA 58-30 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q2 10:26 · SA 40-24 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 2:32 · SA 79-63 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q4 5:09 · SA 97-85 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
