⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, seven of 30 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 3:32 · PHX 21-20 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q2 5:48 · PHX 48-39 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses technical free throw
Q3 8:01 · PHX 67-56 POR
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:58 · PHX 69-60 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
CJ McCollum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:01 · PHX 67-56 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
