⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 6:11 · LAC 44-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 3:33 · LAC 82-68 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:33 · LAC 19-21 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q3 11:02 · LAC 52-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Alex Len technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 5:09 · LAC 65-60 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
