⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 4:30 · NO 55-51 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 2:27 · NO 97-77 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 2:18 · NO 21-27 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q4 2:40 · NO 118-103 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q1 4:11 · NO 15-16 PHX
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:37 · NO 93-77 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
