⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 46 from three
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 23
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 6:29 · MEM 11-17 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 1:53 · MEM 15-32 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q2 0:34 · MEM 34-68 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 24 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 35 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
