⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 22 free throws to their eleven- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their six
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 40
A 15-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 3 in the fourth quarter
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:27 · PHX 22-16 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 7:06 · PHX 69-56 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 4:11 · PHX 80-58 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyus Jones bad pass
Q4 2:44 · PHX 97-89 POR
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:16 · PHX 97-89 POR
- Turnover
Devin Booker lost ball turnover
Q4 0:08 · PHX 101-97 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 4:44 · PHX 39-38 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q4 9:43 · PHX 93-77 POR
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 3
Q4 6:24 · PHX 97-94 POR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dalano Banton out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 2:41 · PHX 97-89 POR
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 29 | Assists | 17 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
