⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen
- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 29
- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 2
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 2:40 · PHX 71-70 OKC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q4 3:48 · PHX 102-100 OKC
- Winner
Devin Booker hit a 35-foot three step back jumper
Q4 0:01 · PHX 108-105 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dillon Brooks out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:22 · PHX 105-103 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 6:13 · PHX 9-24 OKC
- Ties it
Jalen Williams hit a 9-foot step back jumper
Q4 0:08 · PHX 105-105 OKC
Bad plays
- Technical
Luguentz Dort technical foul
Q3 8:36 · PHX 51-54 OKC
- Missed FT
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:32 · PHX 102-100 OKC
📊The numbers
| PHX | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 17 | Threes made | 10 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
