⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of nineteen from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 54
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 3:02 · SAC 22-17 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Gray offensive foul (Archie Goodwin draws the foul)
Q4 3:00 · SAC 94-99 PHX
- Turnover
Aaron Gray turnover
Q4 3:00 · SAC 94-99 PHX
- Missed FT
Ben McLemore misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:16 · SAC 96-101 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 0:00 · SAC 28-32 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shavlik Randolph 3 second turnover
Q4 2:43 · SAC 94-99 PHX
- Turnover
Marcus Morris traveling
Q4 2:09 · SAC 94-99 PHX
- Missed FT
Marcus Morris misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:25 · SAC 97-102 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
