⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
+8Q134-28
-4Q217-18
-1Q320-13
0Q421-24
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- They went cold, one of fourteen from three
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 17-7 off them
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
45%Three-point accuracy7%
10Threes made1
20Assists7
5Offensive rebounds13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:39 · PHX 42-38 NO
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 7% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
