⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of 29 from three
- Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 20-2 off them
- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 54
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 64
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 1:39 · PHX 125-103 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Markieff Morris and Metta World Peace
Q2 4:03 · PHX 52-46 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ramon Sessions misses technical free throw
Q2 3:35 · PHX 54-48 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 14 | Threes made | 1 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
