⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 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
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
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 stretched a 20-point lead to 28
Q3 0:34 · PHX 97-69 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
JaVale McGee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:04 · PHX 29-26 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:07 · PHX 29-30 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 11 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 32 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
