⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
- A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 3:51 · HOU 28-19 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 8:37 · HOU 40-25 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 7:39 · HOU 65-60 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chuck Hayes offensive foul (4th personal foul)
Q4 3:50 · HOU 89-93 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 15 down to 1 up
Q2 5:07 · HOU 42-43 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 4:56 · HOU 65-72 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 3:27 · HOU 89-93 PHX
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa offensive foul (John Lucas draws the foul)
Q4 1:50 · HOU 89-96 PHX
- Turnover
Leandro Barbosa turnover
Q4 1:50 · HOU 89-96 PHX
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
