⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five- A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23 in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
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 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 0:39 · POR 63-81 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:30 · POR 77-89 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerryd Bayless technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:11 · POR 8-19 PHX
- Technical
LaMarcus Aldridge double technical foul
Q3 0:18 · POR 57-81 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q1 7:09 · POR 6-19 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23
Q1 1:31 · POR 16-39 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 5:00 · POR 80-102 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q1 4:11 · POR 8-19 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
