⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 7:56 · POR 17-9 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 2:15 · POR 49-36 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 5:43 · POR 61-52 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Scottie Pippen Technical Foul
Q3 6:30 · POR 53-50 PHX
- Missed FT
Rasheed Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:55 · POR 78-86 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:36 · POR 51-48 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q4 10:00 · POR 70-76 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Bo Outlaw Technical Foul
Q3 4:22 · POR 59-52 PHX
- Technical
Jake Voskuhl Technical Foul
Q4 10:23 · POR 69-62 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
