⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 18-4 off them- Made seven threes to their fourteen
- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 25 from three
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
- Lead
Steve Nash made Jumper.
Q4 1:51 · PHX 96-94 LAL
- Go-ahead
Shawn Marion made Layup. Assisted by Amare Stoudemire.
Q4 1:16 · PHX 98-97 LAL
- Winner
Amare Stoudemire made Layup. Assisted by Steve Nash.
Q4 0:51 · PHX 100-99 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash Bad Pass
Q4 4:24 · PHX 90-86 LAL
- Missed FT
Casey Jacobsen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:37 · PHX 101-99 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 10:14 · PHX 2-8 LAL
- Ties it
Caron Butler made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brian Cook.
Q4 2:13 · PHX 94-94 LAL
- Go-ahead
Brian Cook made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Q4 1:37 · PHX 96-97 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 2 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
