⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 9
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- Steal
Wesley Matthews stole it from TJ Warren
Q4 0:18 · DAL 91-93 PHX
- Steal
Devin Harris stole it from Dragan Bender
Q4 0:14 · DAL 91-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Yogi Ferrell out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:56 · DAL 88-93 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Harris bad pass
Q4 0:13 · DAL 91-93 PHX
- Turnover
Devin Harris bad pass
Q4 0:04 · DAL 91-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:29 · DAL 19-25 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:39 · DAL 26-33 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 9:33 · DAL 79-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
TJ Warren bad pass
Q4 0:18 · DAL 91-93 PHX
- Turnover
Dragan Bender lost ball turnover
Q4 0:14 · DAL 91-93 PHX
- Missed FT
TJ Warren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · DAL 91-93 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 5 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 15 | Steals | 18 |
| 18 | Blocks | 25 |
