⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth 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 Mavericks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40
- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 23-12 off them
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q4 10:18 · PHX 94-86 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Abdel Nader out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 0:35 · PHX 110-102 DAL
- Turnover
Chandler Hutchison lost ball turnover
Q4 0:25 · PHX 110-102 DAL
- Turnover
Cameron Payne lost ball turnover
Q4 0:19 · PHX 110-104 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:10 · PHX 64-68 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 1:46 · PHX 110-104 DAL
- Steal
Sterling Brown stole it from Cameron Payne
Q4 0:19 · PHX 110-104 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Sterling Brown back court turnover
Q4 0:17 · PHX 110-104 DAL
- Turnover
Trey Burke out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:10 · PHX 112-104 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 15 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
