⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
They went cold, fifteen of 49 from three
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up in the second 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 4 down to 4 up
Q3 4:02 · PHX 75-71 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 10:01 · PHX 94-82 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Grayson Allen flagrant foul type 1
Q2 9:15 · PHX 37-29 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:50 · PHX 37-34 POR
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 11 down to 5 up
Q2 0:45 · PHX 57-62 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q4 1:15 · PHX 114-109 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 15 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
