⏱️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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second 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
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 3
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 1:52 · PHX 56-47 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez double technical foul
Q3 6:31 · PHX 71-66 LAL
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)
Q4 4:54 · PHX 100-92 LAL
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire turnover
Q4 4:54 · PHX 100-92 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:46 · PHX 27-30 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 37 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
