⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made no threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 1:45 · LAC 26-25 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 8:15 · LAC 61-55 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Maggette misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:37 · LAC 94-86 PHX
- Turnover
Chris Kaman backcourt
Q4 0:20 · LAC 96-90 PHX
- Missed FT
Chris Kaman misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · LAC 97-90 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 10:37 · LAC 2-12 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Boris Diaw technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:39 · LAC 71-62 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 3:47 · LAC 86-81 PHX
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:28 · LAC 88-84 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 0 | Threes made | 9 |
| 0% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 25 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
