⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 24 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 nineteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 19-9 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q2 4:46 · SA 39-65 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q2 1:04 · SA 41-73 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 38
Q4 6:58 · SA 86-124 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 19 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 38 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
