⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-10Q119-24
-4Q222-24
-13Q315-24
+6Q432-26
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, ten of fourteen from three
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 22-13 off them
- Gave up second chances, 25 offensive rebounds to their sixteen
Key battles
21%Three-point accuracy71%
4Threes made10
7Blocks3
22Points off turnovers13
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 71% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 25 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
