⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8- Gave up second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to their one
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 8:45 · PHX 16-6 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 3:36 · PHX 28-13 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 33
Q4 1:52 · PHX 119-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Tim Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:55 · PHX 38-24 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 61% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
