⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-15 off them- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 34
- Lost the glass, 33 rebounds to 48
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 11:18 · LAC 35-31 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 2:47 · LAC 24-27 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up
Q2 2:47 · LAC 49-58 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
