⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 19-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Cuttino Mobley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:55 · HOU 80-75 PHX
- Missed FT
Yao Ming missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:43 · HOU 84-78 PHX
- Turnover
Jim Jackson Bad Pass. Stolen by Amare Stoudemire.
Q4 0:00 · HOU 90-85 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 9:21 · HOU 31-32 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Offensive Foul
Q4 2:09 · HOU 80-75 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Foul
Q4 2:09 · HOU 80-75 PHX
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Bad Pass
Q4 1:38 · HOU 81-75 PHX
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 12 |
