⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-12 off them
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 took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 2:30 · PHX 48-44 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jahidi White Bad Pass
Q4 4:52 · PHX 85-89 LAL
- Turnover
Howard Eisley Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 2:13 · PHX 91-95 LAL
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Bad Pass. Stolen by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 1:47 · PHX 91-97 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 8:03 · PHX 6-20 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Devean George Technical Foul
Q2 6:09 · PHX 34-39 LAL
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Foul
Q4 1:23 · PHX 91-97 LAL
- Turnover
Shaquille O'Neal Foul
Q4 1:23 · PHX 91-97 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
