⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:42 · HOU 63-63 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jon Barry missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:53 · HOU 14-23 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:18 · HOU 2-11 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q3 5:52 · HOU 63-72 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 6:50 · HOU 77-93 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
