⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 24
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:38 · SAC 25-28 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben McLemore misses technical free throw
Q4 10:56 · SAC 90-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 6:03 · SAC 44-50 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 0:01 · SAC 56-66 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 0:00 · SAC 90-102 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 10:56 · SAC 90-99 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
