⏱️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
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 66 points inside to 44- Made seven threes to their fourteen
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 7-point lead to 15
Q3 7:30 · PHX 76-61 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 10:32 · PHX 38-29 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q2 8:06 · PHX 40-39 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 7
Q3 1:10 · PHX 94-87 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 66 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
