⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twelve of 26 from three- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nikola Jokic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:12 · DEN 85-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:42 · DEN 6-16 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 7:57 · DEN 36-49 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 0:01 · DEN 76-96 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
