⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 0:52 · POR 29-28 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Joel Przybilla double technical foul
Q4 10:18 · POR 78-90 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 9:51 · POR 4-11 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 2:13 · POR 45-57 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
