⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-1Q131-28
-3Q223-23
+6Q333-23
-1Q431-30
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven
Key battles
7Blocks2
16Threes made7
30Assists21
21Points off turnovers15
🏀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
Q3 4:00 · PHX 81-68 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 7:20 · PHX 39-43 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Earl Boykins misses technical free throw
Q4 9:02 · PHX 97-77 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 16 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
