⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-11 off them
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 22
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 2:43 · PHX 28-22 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 10:56 · PHX 41-29 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 4:20 · PHX 61-41 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 19
Q3 0:26 · PHX 97-78 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15
Q4 7:50 · PHX 107-92 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 6 |
| 61% | Three-point accuracy | 60% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
