⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, twenty free throws to their ten- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to nine
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q3 7:39 · SAC 63-72 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 9:31 · SAC 84-93 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q1 3:43 · SAC 16-41 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:21 · SAC 86-102 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 14 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 20 | Assists | 25 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 14 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
