⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 34
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 39
A 24-0 run took them from 3 down to 21 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 24-0 run
A 24-0 run took them from 3 down to 21 up
Q1 10:06 · PHX 26-5 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 8:47 · PHX 68-62 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul
Q2 7:15 · PHX 44-33 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q2 9:54 · PHX 40-31 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 11:22 · PHX 84-89 HOU
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae'Sean Tate technical foul
Q2 6:15 · PHX 44-37 HOU
- Flagrant
Reed Sheppard flagrant foul type 1
Q3 5:18 · PHX 73-70 HOU
📊The numbers
| PHX | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 34 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 15 | Assists | 26 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
