⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fifteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 10:44 · PHX 68-61 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joe Johnson Bad Pass. Stolen by Elton Brand.
Q4 3:53 · PHX 96-99 LAC
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Bad Pass
Q4 2:24 · PHX 96-103 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 8:00 · PHX 44-42 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q3 1:28 · PHX 81-79 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q4 7:03 · PHX 94-97 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Corey Maggette Lost Ball. Stolen by Bo Outlaw.
Q4 2:55 · PHX 96-101 LAC
- Turnover
Lamar Odom Traveling
Q4 2:24 · PHX 96-103 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 10 | Threes made | 5 |
| 59% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
