⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 20-10 off them
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 5-point lead to 14
Q4 8:25 · PHX 101-87 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 3:46 · PHX 53-54 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
