⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 38
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Elton Brand flagrant foul type 1 (Shawn Marion draws the foul)
Q1 5:11 · LAC 14-17 PHX
- Technical
Corey Maggette double technical foul
Q2 3:02 · LAC 41-54 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q1 9:30 · LAC 8-14 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 3:29 · LAC 19-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 1:28 · LAC 45-62 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Pat Burke flagrant foul type 1 (Yaroslav Korolev draws the foul)
Q4 2:39 · LAC 86-108 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
