⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second 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 Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 33 from three- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 33
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 53
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 7:38 · PHX 14-9 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 9:35 · PHX 36-28 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q2 2:26 · PHX 50-40 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Deandre Ayton misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 9:42 · PHX 81-71 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luka Doncic misses technical free throw
Q3 11:37 · PHX 50-40 DAL
- Technical
Dennis Smith Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:46 · PHX 55-51 DAL
- Flagrant
Dwight Powell flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:42 · PHX 80-71 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 71 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
