⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their three- They went cold, three 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 6:03 · PHX 88-79 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Jim Jackson Double Technical Foul. J.R. Smith gains possession.
Q2 6:07 · PHX 35-36 NO
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass. Stolen by Lee Nailon.
Q4 4:54 · PHX 84-79 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 8:30 · PHX 58-64 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 3 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 6 |
