⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 40
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q3 4:43 · PHX 101-98 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 1:09 · PHX 136-121 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:41 · PHX 124-117 CHA
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:57 · PHX 130-121 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
