⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 28 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 34-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 32 fast break points to 8
- A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Richards technical foul
Q2 4:48 · PHX 38-55 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 3 down to 13 up
Q1 2:34 · PHX 24-37 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Dillon Brooks and
Q2 4:48 · PHX 38-55 HOU
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q2 4:48 · PHX 38-55 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 37 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 32 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 14 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
