⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 21- Made five threes to their eleven
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 3:49 · PHX 23-19 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 11:18 · PHX 96-72 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Channing Frye flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q3 9:51 · PHX 64-48 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 1:27 · PHX 111-98 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 9:51 · PHX 64-48 LAC
- Missed FT
Blake Griffin misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 9:51 · PHX 64-48 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 14 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
