⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-3Q126-29
+13Q230-16
-2Q332-33
-1Q430-30
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 40 from three
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 54
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
Key battles
7Fast break points17
2Blocks7
20Threes made9
28Points in the paint54
🏀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 stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 8:30 · PHX 101-88 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
