⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 28-19 off them- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 18
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q1 4:03 · PHX 23-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 3:03 · PHX 85-67 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 2:11 · PHX 25-32 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Rick Carlisle technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:13 · PHX 67-54 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 22 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
