⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brevin Knight misses technical free throw
Q3 7:39 · CHA 62-66 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 4:31 · CHA 43-46 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 5:01 · CHA 94-105 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
