⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 48- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 10:55 · POR 64-55 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 0:27 · POR 80-86 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 6:54 · POR 10-9 PHX
- Technical
Marcus Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 9:33 · POR 31-34 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
