⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen- Made three threes to their nine
- They shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamaal Magloire Bad Pass
Q4 3:57 · NO 86-91 PHX
- Turnover
David Wesley Bad Pass. Stolen by Antonio McDyess.
Q4 2:04 · NO 92-95 PHX
- Turnover
P.J. Brown Bad Pass. Stolen by Casey Jacobsen.
Q4 0:01 · NO 94-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 1:58 · NO 64-71 PHX
- Turnover
Joe Johnson Bad Pass
Q4 3:47 · NO 86-91 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
