⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 11:06 · LAL 38-35 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 4:52 · LAL 93-105 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 7:28 · LAL 40-47 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
