⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 4
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 11:26 · POR 81-96 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:52 · POR 36-47 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q3 5:20 · POR 62-85 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 67% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
