⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kevin Durant flagrant foul type 1
Q1 6:08 · PHX 9-11 MIL
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:11 · PHX 107-99 MIL
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:11 · PHX 107-99 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Khris Middleton misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q1 6:08 · PHX 9-11 MIL
- Turnover
5 second violation
Q4 1:09 · PHX 107-99 MIL
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
