⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
-2Q116-23
+2Q232-32
-12Q318-33
+14Q430-18
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 28 from three
- A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 33
Key battles
26Free throws made5
4Threes made13
22%Three-point accuracy46%
9Offensive rebounds19
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 19
Q3 10:25 · POR 51-70 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 18 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
