⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 33 from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 64
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their five
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 0:06 · PHX 73-52 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 6:16 · PHX 89-63 SA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q4 5:56 · PHX 122-97 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 14
Q4 8:43 · PHX 111-97 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephon Castle technical foul
Q2 0:01 · PHX 68-52 SA
- Technical
Mitch Johnson technical foul
Q2 0:01 · PHX 68-52 SA
📊The numbers
| PHX | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 34 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
