⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Kings stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Kings won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 25 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fourteen
- Burned in transition, 5 fast break points to 24
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 6:39 · PHX 20-10 SAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alan Williams offensive foul (Langston Galloway draws the foul)
Q4 4:31 · PHX 89-93 SAC
- Missed FT
Alan Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:47 · PHX 95-99 SAC
- Turnover
Marquese Chriss Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover
Q4 0:32 · PHX 96-103 SAC
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:55 · PHX 45-46 SAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Willie Cauley-Stein misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:46 · PHX 91-93 SAC
- Missed FT
Ty Lawson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:31 · PHX 96-104 SAC
- Missed FT
Skal Labissiere misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · PHX 101-106 SAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 11 |
