⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:45 · PHX 10-4 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 16
Q3 1:05 · PHX 71-87 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae Crowder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:35 · PHX 45-62 SA
- Missed FT
Jevon Carter misses technical free throw
Q4 0:25 · PHX 85-111 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q2 9:18 · PHX 25-46 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 8:37 · PHX 76-103 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 31
Q4 4:21 · PHX 80-111 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gorgui Dieng and Frank Kaminsky
Q4 0:25 · PHX 85-111 SA
- Technical
Gorgui Dieng technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:25 · PHX 85-111 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 9 |
