⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns 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.
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:11 · LAL 21-13 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 1:00 · LAL 38-24 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 8:41 · LAL 106-95 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 3:54 · LAL 84-77 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:10 · LAL 41-38 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
