⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 29- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their sixteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:08 · PHX 18-11 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 10:19 · PHX 107-75 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 7:02 · PHX 55-45 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
