⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seven threes to their one- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up in the first quarter
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 9:33 · PHX 16-6 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 3:49 · PHX 24-10 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Grant Hill flagrant foul type 1 (Goran Dragic draws the foul)
Q4 2:12 · PHX 92-79 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:12 · PHX 92-79 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 1 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 9% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
