⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of twenty from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 10:23 · LAC 91-78 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 4:01 · LAC 47-54 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Raja Bell flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Kaman draws the foul)
Q4 4:22 · LAC 88-78 PHX
- Missed FT
Eddie House misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:29 · LAC 93-85 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
