⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32 in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 48
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
Q1 7:29 · PHX 15-11 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 10:24 · PHX 43-25 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 32
Q2 0:21 · PHX 73-41 NO
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Nigel Hayes-Davis flagrant foul type 1
Q4 4:45 · PHX 112-89 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Derik Queen technical foul
Q4 4:56 · PHX 110-89 NO
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
