⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 23 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:24 · LAL 98-110 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 1:21 · LAL 21-26 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 9:03 · LAL 6-10 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 11:37 · LAL 25-41 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q4 10:56 · LAL 84-106 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jim Jackson missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 1:21 · LAL 21-26 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 35 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
