⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 30
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 cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:57 · PHX 47-52 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Devin Booker flagrant foul type 1
Q3 10:36 · PHX 55-64 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 0:33 · PHX 23-33 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 4:59 · PHX 39-52 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 10:57 · PHX 78-92 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 13 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 11 | Assists | 26 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
