⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their eight
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q1 3:06 · PHX 33-19 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q3 7:52 · PHX 69-57 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q4 7:55 · PHX 100-81 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q2 11:19 · PHX 38-39 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:57 · PHX 70-59 GS
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 34 | Assists | 21 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
