⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 27 from three
- A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 4 down to 14 up
Q1 3:40 · DEN 31-17 PHX
- Steal
Emmanuel Mudiay stole it from Brandon Knight
Q4 1:22 · DEN 104-110 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Emmanuel Mudiay lost ball turnover
Q4 1:17 · DEN 104-110 PHX
- Missed FT
Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:46 · DEN 104-110 PHX
- Missed FT
Emmanuel Mudiay misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:41 · DEN 105-110 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 5
Q3 10:49 · DEN 70-65 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 3:34 · DEN 82-80 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 8:22 · DEN 90-96 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (Nikola Jokic draws the foul)
Q3 5:58 · DEN 75-68 PHX
- Turnover
Brandon Knight bad pass
Q4 1:22 · DEN 104-110 PHX
- Missed FT
Ronnie Price misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · DEN 107-113 PHX
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 5 | Threes made | 15 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
