⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower 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, 9 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 31- A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the first quarter
- Went cold from three, six of 23
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Channing Frye technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:26 · PHX 60-65 LAL
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:23 · PHX 92-97 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q1 4:48 · PHX 17-29 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Pau Gasol technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:22 · PHX 32-37 LAL
- Technical
Derek Fisher technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 5:01 · PHX 62-66 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
