⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of eighteen from three- A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 17
Q2 1:19 · LAL 65-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul
Q4 1:34 · LAL 102-96 PHX
- Missed FT
Bryon Russell missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:14 · LAL 105-99 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jahidi White missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:31 · LAL 97-92 PHX
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:50 · LAL 102-95 PHX
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury Bad Pass. Stolen by Shaquille O'Neal.
Q4 0:18 · LAL 104-99 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
