⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Went cold from three, eight of 30
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 9:48 · NO 34-41 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 4:47 · NO 86-95 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 3:02 · NO 21-33 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 9:44 · NO 71-91 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:12 · NO 95-102 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
