⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 28-13 off them- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to three
- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:22 · SA 11-7 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q3 7:34 · SA 89-80 PHX
- Winner
Rudy Gay hit a 21-foot pullup jump shot
Q4 0:00 · SA 126-124 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
LaMarcus Aldridge lost ball turnover
Q4 2:06 · SA 119-115 PHX
- Turnover
Rudy Gay bad pass
Q4 1:39 · SA 119-118 PHX
- Turnover
Marco Belinelli lost ball turnover
Q4 0:19 · SA 124-122 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 1:19 · SA 96-95 PHX
- Steal
Mikal Bridges stole it from Rudy Gay
Q4 1:39 · SA 119-118 PHX
- Ties it
Josh Jackson hit a 1-foot dunk
Q4 0:19 · SA 124-124 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
