⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets 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 first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 24-13 off them
- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to twelve
- Made seven threes to their fifteen
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 34 from three
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
- Lead
Steve Nash hit a 25-foot three jumper
Q4 2:15 · PHX 96-93 CHA
- Steal
Steve Nash stole it from Raymond Felton
Q4 0:50 · PHX 98-95 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:32 · PHX 96-95 CHA
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire bad pass
OT 4:18 · PHX 98-98 CHA
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)
OT 3:46 · PHX 98-100 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- Steal
Raymond Felton stole it from Steve Nash
Q4 1:32 · PHX 96-95 CHA
- Ties it
Stephen Jackson hit a 26-foot three jumper
Q4 0:19 · PHX 98-98 CHA
- Winner
Stephen Jackson hit a 21-foot two point shot
OT 4:03 · PHX 98-100 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace offensive foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)
Q4 3:03 · PHX 93-93 CHA
- Turnover
Boris Diaw bad pass
Q4 2:42 · PHX 93-93 CHA
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 0:50 · PHX 98-95 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
