⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
-4Q124-26
+8Q226-18
+1Q324-21
-10Q423-31
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
8Blocks1
9Offensive rebounds17
3Threes made5
10Points off turnovers13
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 1 |
