⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-19Q111-32
+11Q230-20
+3Q319-15
+7Q426-21
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 21-6 off them
Key battles
21Points off turnovers6
2Threes made8
18%Three-point accuracy40%
7Turnovers18
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 5 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
