⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 21-5 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 1:00 · PHX 35-27 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 10:20 · PHX 45-29 ATL
- Winner
Deandre Ayton hit a 3-foot hook shot
Q4 2:06 · PHX 107-105 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jae Crowder lost ball turnover
Q4 1:47 · PHX 107-105 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:58 · PHX 83-77 ATL
- Steal
Bogdan Bogdanovic stole it from Jae Crowder
Q4 1:47 · PHX 107-105 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Clint Capela flagrant foul type 1
Q1 11:18 · PHX 0-0 ATL
- Turnover
Trae Young lost ball turnover
Q4 1:52 · PHX 107-105 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
