⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 47 rebounds to 57
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Marco Belinelli misses technical free throw
Q2 4:54 · NO 33-39 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Trevor Ariza and Robin Lopez
Q4 8:36 · NO 67-80 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 7:22 · NO 10-14 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 8:38 · NO 51-68 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Shannon Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:54 · NO 33-39 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 24 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 22 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 10 |
