⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 29 from three
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 took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q1 8:24 · PHX 16-11 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:53 · PHX 56-45 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 0:41 · PHX 64-48 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
TJ Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:13 · PHX 59-47 CHA
- Flagrant
Devin Booker flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:33 · PHX 80-63 CHA
- Turnover
Dragan Bender lost ball turnover
Q4 4:45 · PHX 101-108 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q3 3:54 · PHX 87-80 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 1
Q3 0:45 · PHX 94-93 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 8:57 · PHX 96-105 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 10 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Steals | 8 |
| 25 | Blocks | 17 |
