⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 8 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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 30-12 off them- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 32
- Won the second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to nine
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 2-point lead to 11
Q4 10:55 · LAC 96-85 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 5:03 · LAC 113-95 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:45 · LAC 52-49 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:24 · LAC 24-27 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Alvin Gentry technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:17 · LAC 55-50 PHX
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:56 · LAC 96-87 PHX
- Technical
Jermaine O'Neal technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 7:56 · LAC 96-87 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
