⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 9
- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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 7 down to 2 up
Q1 3:55 · PHX 25-23 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 7:12 · PHX 49-46 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 4:30 · PHX 123-105 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Frank Kaminsky misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 4:26 · PHX 55-50 ATL
- Missed FT
Aron Baynes misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 4:15 · PHX 117-105 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 4:08 · PHX 56-58 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Cam Reddish flagrant foul type 1
Q2 4:26 · PHX 55-50 ATL
- Technical
Double technical foul - DeAndre' Bembry and DeAndre' Bembry
Q3 3:11 · PHX 94-81 ATL
- Technical
DeAndre' Bembry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:11 · PHX 94-81 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 32 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 6 | Steals | 15 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
