⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twenty of 41 from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 25-16 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q1 10:16 · POR 16-4 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jrue Holiday bad pass turnover
Q4 0:50 · POR 120-127 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q1 1:22 · POR 41-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 4:41 · POR 60-54 PHX
- Steal
Royce O'Neale stole it from Jrue Holiday
Q4 0:50 · POR 120-127 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Royce O'Neale misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · POR 123-129 PHX
- Turnover
Grayson Allen out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:06 · POR 125-129 PHX
- Missed FT
Jordan Goodwin misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · POR 125-130 PHX
📊The numbers
| POR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 18 | Threes made | 20 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
