⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 13-5 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 7:39 · HOU 10-13 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 6:15 · HOU 73-57 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:26 · HOU 0-8 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 8:34 · HOU 65-57 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
