⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 3:03 · SA 19-18 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:03 · SA 40-32 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 12:00 · SA 21-18 PHX
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
