⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 38
- A 14-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 32 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:00 · PHX 14-3 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 32
Q2 4:33 · PHX 63-31 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 41
Q3 6:33 · PHX 88-47 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
