⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their seven- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 20-7 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 1:55 · PHX 84-87 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell double technical foul
Q3 1:15 · PHX 61-73 NO
- Turnover
Eddie House turnover
Q4 0:25 · PHX 84-87 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:15 · PHX 11-23 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 9 | Blocks | 1 |
