⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 49
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Cameron Payne technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:16 · PHX 86-82 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Porter Jr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:05 · PHX 90-88 HOU
- Technical
Garrison Mathews technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:05 · PHX 92-88 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
