⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 39 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q1 4:07 · PHX 28-23 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:53 · PHX 62-51 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 9:35 · PHX 101-87 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 5:54 · PHX 50-49 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 6:46 · PHX 76-74 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 6 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 19 | Blocks | 17 |
