⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 44
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:13 · PHX 30-26 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q3 1:57 · PHX 80-93 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:09 · PHX 47-43 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q3 8:45 · PHX 64-83 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 3:18 · PHX 72-93 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
