⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their eight- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 26
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 22-5 off them
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 4:58 · PHX 23-21 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jusuf Nurkic and
Q2 3:19 · PHX 60-50 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 8:26 · PHX 11-15 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Nick Richards and Jusuf Nurkic
Q2 3:19 · PHX 60-50 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 23 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 26 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 32 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 3 |
