⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 22-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 4:56 · SAC 45-35 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 9:01 · SAC 70-54 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Domantas Sabonis bad pass
Q4 1:02 · SAC 107-103 PHX
- Turnover
De'Aaron Fox lost ball turnover
Q4 0:01 · SAC 107-108 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 9:37 · SAC 31-32 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q4 10:21 · SAC 91-91 PHX
- Winner
Jusuf Nurkic hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:08 · SAC 107-108 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grayson Allen lost ball turnover
Q4 5:00 · SAC 100-96 PHX
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · SAC 107-107 PHX
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
