⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of twenty from three- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 47
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Raja Bell misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · PHX 105-100 LAL
- Missed FT
Tim Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:03 · PHX 106-102 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
