⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 9:47 · LAC 2-8 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 10:41 · LAC 23-35 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q3 10:15 · LAC 39-59 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
