⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 78 points inside to 48- A 15-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
- Gave up second chances, 24 offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 6:07 · LAL 49-37 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 1:15 · LAL 61-45 PHX
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 25
Q3 7:37 · LAL 80-55 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Sasha Vujacic double technical foul
Q2 0:04 · LAL 58-45 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses technical free throw
Q4 9:47 · LAL 98-75 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 36 | Assists | 12 |
| 78 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
