⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 30
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 9:38 · DAL 6-14 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 6:18 · DAL 13-30 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 11:19 · DAL 89-103 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 13 | Assists | 27 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
