⏱️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
▲ LAL better than we expected
0Q126-27
-4Q222-27
+7Q325-20
-7Q434-41
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of 22 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 21
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 21-11 off them
- Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 51
Key battles
14Free throws made29
10Fast break points4
11Points off turnovers21
28%Three-point accuracy45%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 7:24 · LAL 37-47 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:15 · LAL 64-70 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
