⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the second quarter- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 6:17 · POR 49-61 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 4:29 · POR 109-121 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:50 · POR 55-66 PHX
- Turnover
Grayson Allen bad pass
Q4 3:39 · POR 109-116 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
