⏱️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
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 43
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 33
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 6:34 · NO 104-107 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
James Borrego technical foul
Q2 5:41 · NO 44-54 PHX
- Technical
Yves Missi technical foul
Q3 3:35 · NO 76-83 PHX
- Turnover
Trey Murphy III bad pass turnover
Q4 3:18 · NO 106-111 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses technical free throw
Q2 5:41 · NO 44-54 PHX
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q4 7:40 · NO 95-104 PHX
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:09 · NO 104-107 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 20 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 16 | Assists | 26 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
