⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-13 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 5:47 · PHX 66-52 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 6:26 · PHX 93-74 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 7:05 · PHX 114-89 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Skinner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:30 · PHX 86-74 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 13 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
