⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q4 5:33 · PHX 88-94 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 1:31 · PHX 88-94 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:40 · PHX 88-96 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
