⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 37
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 54
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 5:10 · PHX 50-43 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q3 4:22 · PHX 86-73 NO
- Steal
Grayson Allen stole it from Dejounte Murray
Q4 2:36 · PHX 110-103 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Grayson Allen bad pass turnover
Q4 1:24 · PHX 114-106 NO
- Turnover
Devin Booker lost ball turnover
Q4 0:37 · PHX 114-111 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- Steal
Dejounte Murray stole it from Grayson Allen
Q4 1:24 · PHX 114-106 NO
- Steal
Dejounte Murray stole it from Devin Booker
Q4 0:37 · PHX 114-111 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 2:36 · PHX 110-103 NO
- Turnover
Dejounte Murray lost ball turnover
Q4 1:35 · PHX 114-106 NO
- Missed FT
Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:08 · PHX 116-113 NO
📊The numbers
| PHX | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 20 | Threes made | 10 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
