⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 40 free throws to their 27- Lost the glass, 14 rebounds to 24
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 24-10 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 10:00 · PHX 12-3 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 0:44 · PHX 101-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 7:00 · PHX 107-99 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 38 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
