⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 3:24 · POR 30-27 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 8:34 · POR 97-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:26 · POR 0-10 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 3:02 · POR 78-75 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
