⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 29
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q4 6:17 · PHX 94-114 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 20
Q1 2:46 · PHX 26-46 DEN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q2 4:46 · PHX 45-73 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |