⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- A 12-0 run took them from 3 down to 9 up in the first quarter
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 3 down to 9 up
Q1 1:17 · PHX 32-23 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 4:50 · PHX 84-66 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Channing Frye double technical foul
Q2 6:13 · PHX 42-34 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 7:24 · PHX 10-16 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q3 11:34 · PHX 56-50 LAL
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 4:50 · PHX 73-66 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
