⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 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 nineteen threes to their eight- Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 41 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q2 10:45 · PHX 39-53 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:02 · PHX 107-123 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 8 | Threes made | 19 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
