⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 26
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q2 10:37 · PHX 31-42 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 7:09 · PHX 6-20 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 0:47 · PHX 22-42 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
