⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33- Ran them off the floor, 15 fast break points to 2
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
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 from level to 15 points up
Q3 10:51 · CHA 57-72 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q3 1:44 · CHA 71-98 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
