⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their twelve- Won the second chances, nineteen offensive rebounds to six
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
- Winner
Lamar Odom hit a layup
Q4 1:45 · LAL 91-89 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:45 · LAL 0-11 PHX
- Ties it
Leandro Barbosa hit a 23-foot three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:02 · LAL 89-89 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shawn Marion misses technical free throw
Q2 8:48 · LAL 26-35 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire traveling
Q4 4:26 · LAL 87-84 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 2:50 · LAL 89-86 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
