⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. 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, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:10 · PHX 36-24 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Nash technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:28 · PHX 60-59 LAC
- Missed FT
Robin Lopez misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:29 · PHX 119-108 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 0:32 · PHX 36-34 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rasual Butler misses technical free throw
Q2 0:28 · PHX 60-59 LAC
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 11:40 · PHX 63-59 LAC
- Technical
Chris Kaman technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 11:40 · PHX 64-59 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
