⏱️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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their 28
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 7:39 · PHX 49-34 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 8:49 · PHX 107-91 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:04 · PHX 113-106 LAL
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · PHX 116-110 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:46 · PHX 104-91 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
