⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards 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.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Keefe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:00 · WSH 86-115 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:13 · WSH 2-11 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 10:02 · WSH 39-53 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 4:27 · WSH 52-74 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:16 · WSH 54-74 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 33 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
