⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of sixteen from three- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 36
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 1:15 · PHX 78-87 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 3:44 · PHX 97-100 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Offensive Foul
Q4 2:43 · PHX 92-100 POR
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire Foul
Q4 2:43 · PHX 92-100 POR
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:30 · PHX 97-100 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 9:33 · PHX 25-44 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damon Stoudamire Lost Ball. Stolen by Howard Eisley.
Q4 0:34 · PHX 95-100 POR
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:06 · PHX 97-100 POR
- Missed FT
Wesley Person missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:02 · PHX 97-100 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
