⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their fourteen- Shot well above their usual, 22 of 38 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 23-7 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:35 · PHX 8-0 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 5:33 · PHX 14-20 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 21
Q4 10:45 · PHX 89-110 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 14 | Threes made | 22 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 36 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
