⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their four- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their eleven
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 7:11 · LAL 43-35 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q3 3:25 · LAL 82-63 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q2 3:48 · LAL 46-39 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
