⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 2
Q3 3:44 · PHX 84-86 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - P.J. Tucker and Montrezl Harrell
Q4 2:18 · PHX 107-124 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 2:47 · PHX 51-57 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
James Harden misses technical free throw
Q3 8:44 · PHX 62-75 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 9 | Threes made | 18 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
