⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 8:08 · PHX 47-43 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 9:47 · PHX 22-27 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
