⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 24 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 20
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:51 · GS 14-9 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 0:01 · GS 32-28 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 4:41 · GS 46-42 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 5:43 · GS 16-21 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 7:33 · GS 38-42 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 26
Q4 3:47 · GS 124-98 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 28 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 32 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
