⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of eighteen from three- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 10
- Lost the glass, 13 rebounds to 33
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:52 · LAL 24-27 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 5:26 · LAL 36-45 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q3 0:32 · LAL 71-79 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 6:41 · LAL 28-45 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Raja Bell technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 0:00 · LAL 23-27 PHX
- Turnover
Steve Nash bad pass
Q4 0:54 · LAL 94-102 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 84 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 37 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 11 |
