⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 2:30 · PHX 46-47 HOU
- Steal
Hakim Warrick stole it from Patrick Patterson
Q4 2:30 · PHX 101-98 HOU
- Steal
Grant Hill stole it from Brad Miller
Q4 0:29 · PHX 108-105 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marcin Gortat bad pass
Q4 3:35 · PHX 99-96 HOU
- Missed FT
Vince Carter misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:15 · PHX 101-98 HOU
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:13 · PHX 113-110 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chuck Hayes bad pass
Q4 3:46 · PHX 99-96 HOU
- Turnover
Patrick Patterson bad pass
Q4 2:30 · PHX 101-98 HOU
- Turnover
Brad Miller bad pass
Q4 0:29 · PHX 108-105 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
