⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 6
- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 4:15 · PHX 96-95 SA
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 3:49 · PHX 96-97 SA
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:12 · PHX 96-102 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q4 5:09 · PHX 96-103 SA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tiago Splitter traveling
Q4 2:14 · PHX 100-105 SA
- Missed FT
Tiago Splitter misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:15 · PHX 103-106 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
