⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 25-14 off them- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 27
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 47
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:30 · PHX 29-30 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Eric Bledsoe and J.J. Barea
Q4 10:21 · PHX 81-90 DAL
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · PHX 108-113 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 11:47 · PHX 59-65 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:18 · PHX 104-111 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 15 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 15 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
