⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their three- A 14-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
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 cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 11:38 · PHX 68-92 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Jermaine O'Neal and Ronny Turiaf
Q2 6:15 · PHX 38-43 LAC
- Technical
Marcin Gortat technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:33 · PHX 45-62 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 3:04 · PHX 20-28 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 3:31 · PHX 43-60 LAC
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 31
Q3 2:19 · PHX 60-91 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q2 2:32 · PHX 42-50 LAC
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q2 2:32 · PHX 42-50 LAC
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:33 · PHX 50-71 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 11 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 26 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
