⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 31 fast break points to 6- Lost the glass, 12 rebounds to 29
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 23-7 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:51 · HOU 85-94 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses technical free throw
Q2 11:18 · HOU 30-39 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 4:30 · HOU 72-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 31 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 10 |
