⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their one- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 8
- A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q2 11:08 · PHX 41-28 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 7:41 · PHX 76-60 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 1 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 11 | Blocks | 1 |
