⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 27 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 45
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 2-point lead to 11
Q3 5:05 · PHX 71-60 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 7:09 · PHX 86-70 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 3:38 · PHX 99-76 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wesley Johnson misses technical free throw
Q2 6:39 · PHX 35-35 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 1 |
