⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
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
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:48 · PHX 50-33 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 4:01 · PHX 59-36 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 1:01 · PHX 88-61 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Damion Lee misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q1 0:38 · PHX 32-26 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Drew Eubanks flagrant foul type 1
Q1 0:38 · PHX 32-26 POR
- Technical
Jusuf Nurkic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:48 · PHX 42-33 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 14 | Blocks | 7 |
