⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:18 · PHX 8-0 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes double technical foul
Q3 0:27 · PHX 55-74 HOU
- Technical
Steve Nash double technical foul
Q3 0:27 · PHX 55-74 HOU
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:27 · PHX 55-74 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 2:03 · PHX 37-46 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses technical free throw
Q3 0:27 · PHX 55-74 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 11 | Assists | 13 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
