⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 36
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 4:07 · PHX 50-37 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 5:54 · PHX 95-75 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:13 · PHX 52-41 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
