⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 44- Ran them off the floor, 12 fast break points to 0
- A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22 in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 9:47 · LAL 16-1 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q1 0:56 · LAL 44-22 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
