⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 34 from three
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 54
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 1:51 · PHX 37-24 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 3:32 · PHX 111-97 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 1:42 · PHX 121-100 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
J.J. Barea misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:54 · PHX 99-94 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 35 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
