⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 24 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 38- A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up in the fourth quarter
- Made eight threes to their fifteen
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q1 1:07 · PHX 36-29 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 10:00 · PHX 36-38 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 0:51 · PHX 90-91 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 1 down to 13 up
Q4 8:21 · PHX 96-109 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
