⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 34
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 5:24 · PHX 29-37 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 0:49 · PHX 40-51 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q3 8:57 · PHX 45-60 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
