⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 42- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 32
A 13-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 21 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 21
Q4 10:48 · PHX 54-75 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:36 · PHX 0-8 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:24 · PHX 7-18 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 0:49 · PHX 13-32 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 30% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
