⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:02 · CHA 58-62 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Ramon Sessions technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 10:15 · CHA 27-33 PHX
- Turnover
Ramon Sessions lost ball turnover
Q4 3:01 · CHA 101-108 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q2 4:07 · CHA 46-62 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q4 9:07 · CHA 91-97 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
P.J. Tucker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:25 · CHA 101-108 PHX
- Turnover
Marcin Gortat out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:31 · CHA 108-114 PHX
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:17 · CHA 110-117 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 11 |
