⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 6:20 · PHX 27-11 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 11:21 · PHX 94-74 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:13 · PHX 44-34 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q2 0:00 · PHX 55-57 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
David West technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 11:21 · PHX 85-74 NO
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
