⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 26-11 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 16
- A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q2 7:13 · SA 39-49 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 32
Q2 0:03 · SA 47-79 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q3 2:35 · SA 67-104 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
