⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 21 free throws to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 4:03 · PHX 49-39 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 10:25 · PHX 60-45 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
