⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 7:16 · CHA 8-11 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 9:36 · CHA 53-62 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 10:28 · CHA 0-11 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 30 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
