⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the second 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 took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 5:03 · PHX 77-72 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q3 0:29 · PHX 95-84 OKC
- Lead
Markieff Morris hit a 13-foot jumper, P.J. Tucker with the assist
Q4 0:20 · PHX 109-106 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Markieff Morris traveling
OT 3:12 · PHX 113-111 OKC
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
OT 2:43 · PHX 113-111 OKC
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
OT 0:10 · PHX 115-113 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 0:32 · PHX 53-58 OKC
- Ties it
Serge Ibaka hit a layup, Russell Westbrook with the assist
Q4 0:33 · PHX 106-106 OKC
- Ties it
Russell Westbrook hit a 15-foot two point shot
OT 4:09 · PHX 111-111 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 4:22 · PHX 17-5 OKC
- Turnover
Dion Waiters bad pass
OT 1:04 · PHX 115-111 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
