⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 31 from three
- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:36 · MEM 8-0 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 2:12 · MEM 24-23 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q3 9:23 · MEM 64-72 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:55 · MEM 38-50 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 9:04 · MEM 8-9 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 5:28 · MEM 35-48 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 2:44 · MEM 76-95 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Okogie technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:55 · MEM 26-25 PHX
- Flagrant
Chris Paul flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:09 · MEM 29-33 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 17 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
