⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen
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 dragged them back level
Q1 5:46 · PHX 22-22 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 11:02 · PHX 68-58 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 10:37 · PHX 33-41 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 4:09 · PHX 76-75 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Grant Williams technical foul
Q4 1:39 · PHX 110-97 CHA
📊The numbers
| PHX | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
