⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 41
- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Grayson Allen technical foul
Q3 6:13 · PHX 51-81 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 8:54 · PHX 8-16 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 35
Q4 8:40 · PHX 72-107 GS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 41
Q4 7:02 · PHX 74-115 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 12 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 22 | Assists | 31 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
