⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their twelve- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 16
Q4 6:27 · MEM 91-107 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Santi Aldama technical foul
Q2 4:24 · MEM 40-50 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 1:14 · MEM 47-69 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q3 4:22 · MEM 64-88 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses technical free throw
Q2 4:24 · MEM 40-50 PHX
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 22 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
