⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 32- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 48
- A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up in the first quarter
- Made ten threes to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 20-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Naji Marshall misses technical free throw
Q1 6:37 · DAL 13-11 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run from level to 13 points up
Q1 1:58 · DAL 24-37 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 0:27 · DAL 54-67 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 6:05 · DAL 102-118 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul
Q1 6:37 · DAL 13-11 PHX
📊The numbers
| DAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 29 | Assists | 33 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
