⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Mike Conley bad pass
Q4 3:00 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- Turnover
Marc Gasol offensive foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)
Q4 2:31 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- Turnover
Darrell Arthur back court turnover
Q4 1:38 · MEM 88-88 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- Winner
Goran Dragic hit a layup
Q4 1:23 · MEM 88-90 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jermaine O'Neal traveling
Q4 2:46 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:50 · MEM 88-88 PHX
- Turnover
P.J. Tucker bad pass
Q4 0:32 · MEM 90-94 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
