⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, two of fifteen from three- Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 22
- A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve, and outscored them 21-11 off them
- Burned in transition, 9 fast break points to 28
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 19
Q3 5:37 · LAC 89-70 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
DeAndre Jordan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 1:54 · LAC 61-53 PHX
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:06 · LAC 104-98 PHX
- Missed FT
DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:06 · LAC 104-98 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:54 · LAC 99-91 PHX
- Goaltend
Devin Booker defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:20 · LAC 106-98 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 2 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 1 | Steals | 11 |
| 11 | Blocks | 4 |
