⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their eighteen- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 7:13 · PHX 83-71 DAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 7:38 · PHX 105-90 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 10:35 · PHX 66-60 DAL
- Missed FT
Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 10:35 · PHX 66-60 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 8:06 · PHX 42-32 DAL
- Flagrant
Daniel Gafford flagrant foul type 1
Q3 10:35 · PHX 66-60 DAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
