⏱️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
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 19-9 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 9:42 · PHX 8-5 HOU
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 8:52 · PHX 49-44 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 2 down to 12 up
Q4 3:06 · PHX 114-102 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash double technical foul
Q4 0:23 · PHX 116-106 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 4:33 · PHX 81-76 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · PHX 96-98 HOU
- Missed FT
Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:24 · PHX 96-98 HOU
- Turnover
Aaron Brooks bad pass
Q4 2:26 · PHX 106-102 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
