⏱️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, 3 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
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q3 4:31 · PHX 69-59 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal technical foul (3rd technical foul)
Q3 8:57 · PHX 49-46 POR
- Missed FT
Raja Bell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · PHX 99-92 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:56 · PHX 78-74 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 8 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
