⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 29-19 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 1:46 · LAL 37-30 PHX
- Lead
Kobe Bryant hit a two point shot
OT 4:43 · LAL 107-105 PHX
- Lead
Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot two point shot
OT 3:51 · LAL 109-107 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Lamar Odom bad pass
OT 2:43 · LAL 109-111 PHX
- Missed FT
Devean George misses free throw 2 of 3
OT 0:21 · LAL 118-124 PHX
- Missed FT
Devean George misses free throw 3 of 3
OT 0:21 · LAL 118-124 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- Ties it
Tim Thomas hit a 26-foot three jumper, Shawn Marion with the assist
Q4 0:06 · LAL 105-105 PHX
- Winner
Shawn Marion hit a two point shot, Steve Nash with the assist
OT 3:01 · LAL 109-111 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
OT 3:32 · LAL 109-116 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:16 · LAL 97-98 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
