⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Alton Ford Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q1 0:40 · PHX 28-30 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:19 · PHX 109-101 LAL
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:19 · PHX 109-101 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
