⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first 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, twenty free throws to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 7:43 · NO 62-63 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q1 9:11 · NO 6-15 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 3:08 · NO 39-54 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
