⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 24-11 off them- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
- They shot well above their usual, twelve of eighteen from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 4:35 · POR 85-86 PHX
- Ties it
LaMarcus Aldridge hit a 18-foot two point shot, Brandon Roy with the assist
Q4 1:24 · POR 119-119 PHX
- Winner
Brandon Roy hit a 25-foot three jumper, Steve Blake with the assist
Q4 1:00 · POR 122-119 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Travis Outlaw misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:41 · POR 111-110 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 7:24 · POR 72-84 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q4 8:10 · POR 106-110 PHX
- Go-ahead
Matt Barnes hit a 23-foot three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:57 · POR 115-117 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash offensive foul (Steve Blake draws the foul)
Q4 2:33 · POR 115-117 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash turnover
Q4 2:33 · POR 115-117 PHX
- Turnover
Matt Barnes bad pass
Q4 2:06 · POR 115-117 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 28 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
