⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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
Made fifteen threes to their no- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 27 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 6:41 · POR 94-108 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla Double Technical Foul. Amare Stoudemire gains possession.
Q4 7:13 · POR 84-105 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q2 3:47 · POR 47-62 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 0 | Threes made | 15 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
