⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 17 fast break points to 2- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:19 · PHX 24-18 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:24 · PHX 65-54 LAC
- Missed FT
Boris Diaw misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:26 · PHX 110-102 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q3 2:31 · PHX 75-72 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley offensive foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)
Q4 2:41 · PHX 103-95 LAC
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley turnover
Q4 2:41 · PHX 103-95 LAC
- Turnover
Cuttino Mobley traveling
Q4 0:08 · PHX 112-104 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 21 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
