⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 21 from three- Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 14
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
- Gave up second chances, seventeen 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 9:04 · PHX 15-8 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q4 2:56 · PHX 111-104 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Brevin Knight Technical Foul. Knight's 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 0:34 · PHX 93-79 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
