⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:37 · PHX 78-75 NO
- Missed FT
Robin Lopez misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:40 · PHX 82-79 NO
- Turnover
Markieff Morris bad pass
Q4 0:00 · PHX 84-85 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- Winner
Eric Gordon hit a 20-foot jumper
Q4 0:04 · PHX 84-85 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trevor Ariza lost ball
Q4 3:43 · PHX 80-77 NO
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:35 · PHX 84-83 NO
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:35 · PHX 84-83 NO
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 10 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
