⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 6:03 · POR 26-15 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q3 9:38 · POR 69-63 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 10:20 · POR 93-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:07 · POR 49-49 PHX
- Technical
Hassan Whiteside technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:28 · POR 71-65 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 3 |
| 9 | Blocks | 5 |
