⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their ten- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 4:14 · MEM 71-77 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q2 3:44 · MEM 49-62 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 5:47 · MEM 82-100 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 11 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
