⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 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 seventeen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 28-4 off them
- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their twenty
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 7:15 · MEM 18-28 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 3:45 · MEM 86-88 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 11:14 · MEM 91-102 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Assists | 39 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
