⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, three turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 24-4 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 15
- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their 28
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 10:19 · PHX 10-2 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 0:01 · PHX 62-55 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 8:47 · PHX 116-90 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:19 · PHX 41-41 WSH
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:07 · PHX 54-54 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:12 · PHX 10-10 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Scott Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:47 · PHX 108-90 WSH
📊The numbers
| PHX | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 36 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
