⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 28 from three
- A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 62
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 1
Q3 10:34 · POR 63-64 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 6:31 · POR 71-67 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 1:48 · POR 107-104 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
