⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, five free throws to their eighteen
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 11:44 · PHX 88-79 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 9:53 · PHX 67-64 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:08 · PHX 63-50 LAL
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:31 · PHX 79-75 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
