⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 17-7 off them- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 26
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Frank Vogel technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:21 · PHX 47-64 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 11:35 · PHX 0-13 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 2:55 · PHX 16-33 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q4 4:12 · PHX 116-128 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Victor Wembanyama misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:12 · PHX 116-116 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 16 | Threes made | 18 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 37 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
