⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 27-18 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
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
- Technical
Carl Landry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:09 · NO 81-79 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q3 11:27 · NO 62-66 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q4 7:58 · NO 94-108 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 4:07 · NO 96-116 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Sebastian Telfair technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:50 · NO 81-83 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
