⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 6:41 · PHX 65-57 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:39 · PHX 90-85 LAL
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:00 · PHX 93-88 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:37 · PHX 95-91 LAL
- Missed FT
Shammond Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:22 · PHX 95-91 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
