⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made three threes to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 10:11 · LAL 37-30 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Trevor Ariza traveling
Q4 0:24 · LAL 118-110 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 4:24 · LAL 108-100 PHX
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:13 · LAL 116-108 PHX
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:20 · LAL 118-111 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
