⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 22-7 off them- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 25
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 6:40 · SAC 20-12 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 11:48 · SAC 61-56 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:34 · SAC 6-10 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 4:15 · SAC 22-23 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 7:40 · SAC 88-107 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
