⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 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
▼ IND better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- Ran them off the floor, 38 fast break points to 15
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q4 6:37 · PHX 106-88 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Gerald Green flagrant foul type 1 (C.J. Miles draws the foul)
Q3 0:30 · PHX 83-76 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 4:37 · PHX 20-21 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q2 8:56 · PHX 33-42 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 38 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
