⏱️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 and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 26-9 off them- Lost the glass, 20 rebounds to 32
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q3 0:23 · CHA 66-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 6:48 · CHA 27-45 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 0:19 · CHA 37-66 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 83 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 11 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
