⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their no
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 0:36 · PHX 39-28 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 1:19 · PHX 97-79 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 1:45 · PHX 28-28 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Cuttino Mobley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:20 · PHX 85-77 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 15 | Threes made | 0 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 32 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
