⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 37- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 17-7 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 6:39 · LAL 90-79 PHX
- Technical
Shaquille O'Neal Technical Foul
Q4 3:59 · LAL 95-85 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Shawn Marion Technical Foul
Q4 6:39 · LAL 90-79 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 0 |
