⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:04 · PHX 42-45 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 8:51 · PHX 106-105 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:40 · PHX 114-117 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:13 · PHX 29-37 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:02 · PHX 52-63 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 4:11 · PHX 81-83 LAL
- Missed FT
Sasha Vujacic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:02 · PHX 124-129 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
