⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 34
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4 in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 4
Q1 2:22 · CHA 32-36 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 42-point deficit to 32
Q4 2:45 · CHA 99-131 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LaMelo Ball misses technical free throw
Q3 6:35 · CHA 60-87 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 9:57 · CHA 7-16 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 9:27 · CHA 34-48 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 35-point lead to 43
Q4 10:44 · CHA 76-119 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Smith technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:35 · CHA 60-87 PHX
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 9 | Threes made | 17 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 36 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 15 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
