⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their one- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their ten
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Won the second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 1:31 · PHX 61-57 LAC
- Winner
Jim Jackson made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Joe Johnson.
Q4 2:59 · PHX 94-91 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shaun Livingston Bad Pass
Q4 2:40 · PHX 94-91 LAC
- Turnover
Shaun Livingston Turnover
Q4 1:00 · PHX 94-91 LAC
- Turnover
Bobby Simmons Turnover
Q4 0:14 · PHX 96-91 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
