⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 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 21 threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, 21 of 44 from three
- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 21
- A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25 in the first quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 23 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 17
Q2 5:44 · PHX 55-72 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 23
Q3 2:57 · PHX 100-123 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
TJ Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:29 · PHX 98-122 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25
Q1 3:04 · PHX 23-48 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 32
Q4 3:45 · PHX 110-142 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 21 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 5 | Assists | 9 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Steals | 14 |
| 22 | Blocks | 20 |
