⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 58 rebounds to 21
- Owned the paint, 90 points inside to 32
- A 14-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 45 in the third quarter
- Made four threes to their thirteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 11:26 · PHX 11-2 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 4:05 · PHX 33-18 LAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 45
Q3 9:48 · PHX 99-54 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 52-point deficit to 44
Q4 1:58 · PHX 138-94 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Zach Randolph technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q1 0:32 · PHX 37-26 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 26 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 90 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 33 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
