⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-2Q126-25
-1Q223-24
-1Q326-26
-8Q422-29
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two
Key battles
5Fast break points0
2Threes made8
20%Three-point accuracy42%
6Points off turnovers13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:11 · PHX 74-85 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelvin Cato Technical Foul
Q3 4:41 · PHX 60-67 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
