⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 sixteen threes to their five- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
- A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
- Lost the glass, 47 rebounds to 59
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:45 · PHX 10-0 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q1 8:22 · PHX 24-4 LAC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 29
Q3 10:48 · PHX 86-57 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 | 34% |
| 16 | Threes made | 5 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 31 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
