⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 6:28 · LAC 90-74 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Simmons technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:13 · LAC 90-74 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:55 · LAC 6-11 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
