⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-19Q114-33
-1Q232-36
+2Q328-26
+7Q417-13
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their one- A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22 in the first quarter
Key battles
11%Three-point accuracy46%
1Threes made12
4Fast break points12
8Points off turnovers18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 22
Q1 4:41 · LAC 14-36 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 1 | Threes made | 12 |
| 11% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
