⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their twenty- Won the second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to five
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the fourth quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q4 6:30 · PHX 108-85 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell double technical foul
Q2 4:01 · PHX 43-39 LAL
- Flagrant
Raja Bell flagrant foul type 2 (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)
Q4 7:33 · PHX 93-79 LAL
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 7:33 · PHX 93-79 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 1:07 · PHX 84-70 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ronny Turiaf technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:01 · PHX 51-47 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q4 8:37 · PHX 91-77 LAL
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:11 · PHX 107-85 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
