⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
+3Q127-25
-3Q229-30
+2Q333-31
0Q430-29
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 66
Key battles
5Fast break points15
32Points in the paint66
17Threes made8
6Blocks2
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 4:10 · PHX 116-107 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Devin Booker out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:39 · PHX 119-113 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
