Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Suns vs. Trail Blazers -Game 2


A few quick notes and observations from Game 2...

• The Suns have won nine consecutive games following a loss. The last time they lost two in a row at home was in December.

• Suns are 16-10 in series where they split the first two games of a series.

• According to the Elias Sports Bureau the home teams are 31-18 after splitting the first two games of a seven game series.

• In a series where the Trail Blazers split the first two games they are 4-14.

• Amar'e Stoudemire was held to under 20 points five times after the All-Star break. In games following those performances he averaged 31.2 points. Tuesday night he scored 18 just as he did in Game 1.

• The Suns' first 12 points were in the paint before Amar'e Stoudemire hit two free throws and Jason Richardson connected from downtown.

• Stoudemire attempted more free throws in the first nine minutes of Game 2 than he did in all of Game 1.

• Jason Richardson finished with 15 points in the first quarter, including three from three-point range.

• Steve Nash finished the first quarter with nine assists - two short of John Stockton's record.

• The Suns shot 52.2% in the opening quarter.

• The Trail Blazers had 10 rebounds in the first quarter - Marcus Camby had seven of those.

• Stoudemire and Camby both played all 12 minutes of the first quarter.

• Suns made their first eight free throws. Nash made one of two to make it 9 for 10.

• Suns forward Grant Hill made his first 10 shots with his first miss coming eight minutes into the third quarter. Hill had 16 points in the first half.

• Richardson had 20 points by halftime. The Suns are 26-4 when Richardson scores 20 or more points.

• Suns outscore Trail Blazers 15-8 in first six minutes of 3rd quarter to extend the lead to 20.

• The Suns were 16 of 18 from the free throw line at the half. In Game 1 the Suns attempted 16 free throws for the entire game. The Suns did not shoot a free throw in the 3rd quarter.

• After three quarters the Suns were outscoring the Trail Blazers 48-28 in the paint.

• Andre Miller scored 31 in Game 1 - including 15 in the fourth quarter. He was held to 12 in Game 2. Miller and Jerryd Bayless combined for 49 points in Game 1 and were held to 21 in Game 2.

• Richardson and Hill combined for 49 points after being held to just 18 in Game 1.

• The Suns were 13-1 during the season when holding a team to under 40% shooting from the field. The Trail Blazers shot 38% in Game 2.

• The Suns had 17 fastbreak points in Game 2. They had four in Game 1.


And That's The Way It Was...

3 comments:

tempe turley said...

Wow, Bill. This post just looks like an excuse to put a picture of the Suns cheerleaders up on your blog.

Bill said...

You really don't need an escuse, do you?

H said...

Apparently not. :)