⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 26 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 26 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 25-14 off them- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
- A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up in the first quarter
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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run from level to 19 points up
Q1 10:35 · PHX 24-5 OKC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 34
Q3 1:06 · PHX 110-76 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 28-point lead to 37
Q4 1:59 · PHX 138-101 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 36 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
