⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q3 4:19 · PHX 87-82 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 6:42 · PHX 11-23 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 9:10 · PHX 102-106 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Grant Williams and Devin Booker
Q3 1:25 · PHX 89-85 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 14 | Threes made | 16 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
