⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 5:01 · PHX 81-69 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ronnie Price misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · PHX 109-105 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:44 · PHX 63-60 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 0:54 · PHX 88-82 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 36 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 15 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
