⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- They went cold, ten of 45 from three
- Could not get to the line, thirteen free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q1 5:42 · PHX 31-9 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 9:06 · PHX 48-19 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 0:01 · PHX 74-47 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q2 4:13 · PHX 59-38 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 20 | Threes made | 10 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 35 | Assists | 26 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
