⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 18
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
- Ties it
Hakim Warrick hit a 16-foot jumper
Q4 1:57 · PHX 98-98 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Hakim Warrick turnover
Q4 3:40 · PHX 96-95 NO
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 2:55 · PHX 96-95 NO
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 0:16 · PHX 100-104 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:35 · PHX 56-54 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q4 9:37 · PHX 85-87 NO
- Go-ahead
Jarrett Jack hit a 24-foot three jumper, Chris Paul with the assist
Q4 2:19 · PHX 96-98 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 14 |
| 18 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
