⏱️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
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 13
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 11:21 · PHX 41-29 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 6:58 · PHX 81-63 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raja Bell misses technical free throw
Q2 2:41 · PHX 55-42 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
