⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 17-8 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 6
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 3:28 · PHX 31-14 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 4:07 · PHX 58-35 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw
Q4 11:23 · PHX 82-67 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
