⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️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.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:09 · LAC 84-97 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:20 · LAC 19-22 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q4 10:51 · LAC 78-89 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · LAC 99-107 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
