⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 33- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 34
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 27-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Fred VanVleet misses technical free throw
Q3 9:27 · HOU 58-77 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 5:39 · HOU 14-23 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 2:45 · HOU 108-129 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
