⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their two- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
- A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37 in the third 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 9:18 · PHX 14-7 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q2 2:00 · PHX 66-45 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37
Q3 5:50 · PHX 93-56 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 16 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 33 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 15 | Blocks | 7 |
