⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 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
Ran them off the floor, 29 fast break points to 9- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 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.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 1:43 · POR 61-64 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q1 9:22 · POR 7-16 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 3:57 · POR 49-59 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q3 11:45 · POR 61-76 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 29 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 19 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
