⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 30
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 10:44 · LAC 61-67 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 2:49 · LAC 73-92 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 36 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
