⏱️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 first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 36
- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 5:54 · PHX 29-15 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 6:24 · PHX 91-79 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:51 · PHX 64-59 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q2 0:47 · PHX 57-48 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 7:00 · PHX 60-56 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
