⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q1 11:45 · LAC 1-11 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q3 5:52 · LAC 53-82 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Markieff Morris technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:09 · LAC 33-42 PHX
- Technical
P.J. Tucker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 2:34 · LAC 58-84 PHX
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 11:26 · LAC 59-88 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 17 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
