⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 15
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:03 · PHX 17-17 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 1:30 · PHX 45-57 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:09 · PHX 70-81 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses technical free throw
Q2 3:15 · PHX 35-48 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q2 7:41 · PHX 35-51 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 7:03 · PHX 54-76 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 14 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 27 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
