⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 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
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 80 points inside to 40
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 36
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · LAC 90-103 PHX
- Technical
Ricky Davis technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · LAC 90-103 PHX
- Missed FT
Steve Novak misses technical free throw
Q4 5:22 · LAC 100-127 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 8:22 · LAC 8-16 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 10:12 · LAC 34-39 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 10:14 · LAC 95-118 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 11 | Threes made | 10 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 27 | Assists | 34 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 80 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
