⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 27-18 off them- A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 7 down to 8 up
Q1 5:16 · PHX 20-12 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q4 2:31 · PHX 97-80 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 2:33 · PHX 16-12 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul
Q4 2:31 · PHX 89-80 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
