⏱️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 Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 52
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7 in the third quarter
Key battles
25Fast break points7
6Threes made14
1Blocks4
32%Three-point accuracy50%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:29 · WSH 72-79 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:18 · WSH 90-93 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 3:53 · WSH 42-54 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 7:58 · WSH 48-71 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 6:56 · WSH 79-91 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:20 · WSH 90-98 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
