⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 10:03 · POR 38-34 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 1:34 · POR 60-60 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 18 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
