⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 8- A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 11:45 · SA 63-55 PHX
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run from level to 17 points up
Q3 7:17 · SA 80-63 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 15
Q4 4:35 · SA 110-95 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 18 |
| 19 | Blocks | 16 |
