⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 24
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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up
Q1 8:46 · PHX 27-11 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 6:24 · PHX 71-62 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q4 7:35 · PHX 109-85 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
