⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 20
Q4 3:28 · PHX 95-115 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Grant Hill misses technical free throw
Q2 1:20 · PHX 44-60 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 7:01 · PHX 12-19 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 5:35 · PHX 59-81 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q3 2:59 · PHX 61-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Luke Walton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:20 · PHX 44-60 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
