⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their ten- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 38
- Made five threes to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:36 · PHX 12-4 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses technical free throw
Q2 2:46 · PHX 55-59 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 3:41 · PHX 55-59 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 13 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
