⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 27 from three- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 46
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 31-22 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 8:21 · PHX 17-6 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 9:05 · PHX 66-77 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 2:46 · PHX 81-92 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q4 2:05 · PHX 114-129 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 34 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 17 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
