⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 4:47 · PHX 45-48 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 1:31 · PHX 54-56 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:09 · PHX 23-23 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:47 · PHX 45-56 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 5:50 · PHX 66-71 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tracy McGrady misses technical free throw
Q1 2:09 · PHX 23-23 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
