⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of eighteen from three
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 2:41 · PHX 36-22 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 4:52 · PHX 75-58 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 8:04 · PHX 90-79 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Piatkowski Technical Foul
Q3 3:15 · PHX 72-58 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
