⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 6:22 · PHX 69-61 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 0:40 · PHX 29-29 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 7:31 · PHX 35-43 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
