⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:22 · POR 21-17 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 6:18 · POR 51-35 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 9:07 · POR 72-53 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q2 3:21 · POR 53-37 PHX
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 10:36 · POR 59-49 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
