⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 10:40 · PHX 15-4 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:52 · PHX 47-37 LAC
- Missed FT
Louis Amundson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · PHX 106-98 LAC
- Missed FT
Louis Amundson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · PHX 106-98 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q2 6:48 · PHX 47-38 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 6:50 · PHX 72-66 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 4:35 · PHX 103-93 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 58% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
