⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q1 7:55 · PHX 22-12 GS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q3 6:43 · PHX 94-77 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 5:16 · PHX 126-101 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:53 · PHX 81-76 GS
- Technical
Deandre Ayton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:24 · PHX 81-76 GS
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul) (Klay Thompson draws the foul)
Q3 6:31 · PHX 83-77 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:47 · PHX 39-39 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Draymond Green technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:18 · PHX 74-70 GS
- Technical
Steve Kerr technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:18 · PHX 75-70 GS
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q3 7:53 · PHX 81-76 GS
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 28 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
