⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:45 · PHX 70-60 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 2:18 · PHX 27-28 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:17 · PHX 102-100 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
