⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 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
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 11:41 · POR 73-74 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 10:07 · POR 4-14 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q3 6:52 · POR 50-66 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 7:43 · POR 76-84 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
