⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 7:16 · PHX 23-11 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 0:03 · PHX 75-72 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 4:35 · PHX 120-105 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grayson Allen bad pass
Q4 1:22 · PHX 120-113 ATL
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:16 · PHX 122-115 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q2 4:45 · PHX 59-62 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:11 · PHX 120-115 ATL
Bad plays
- Turnover
De'Andre Hunter lost ball turnover
Q4 0:25 · PHX 122-115 ATL
📊The numbers
| PHX | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 32 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
