⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 36- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their four
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dennis Schroder and Kevin Durant
Q1 1:04 · GS 27-28 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 9:46 · GS 33-46 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 4:15 · GS 47-61 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 5:57 · GS 95-124 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| GS | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 16 | Threes made | 19 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 26 | Assists | 41 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
