⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 21-13 off them- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
CJ McCollum misses technical free throw
Q2 5:15 · WSH 42-41 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 7:24 · WSH 62-77 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q2 5:15 · WSH 42-41 PHX
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul
Q3 8:14 · WSH 61-69 PHX
📊The numbers
| WSH | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
