⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 29- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the third quarter
- Made six threes to their thirteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:47 · LAL 42-46 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q3 5:37 · LAL 83-73 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Cook double technical foul
Q4 12:00 · LAL 87-79 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 9:02 · LAL 11-18 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 7:18 · LAL 12-26 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 30 | Assists | 29 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
