⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Eric Bledsoe misses technical free throw
Q3 4:48 · PHX 73-83 LAC
- Technical
P.J. Tucker technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 6:13 · PHX 98-102 LAC
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (Blake Griffin draws the foul)
Q4 4:01 · PHX 103-109 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 10:21 · PHX 63-77 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q4 3:28 · PHX 108-118 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeAndre Jordan flagrant foul type 2 (Marquese Chriss draws the foul)
Q3 4:52 · PHX 73-83 LAC
- Technical
Armond Hill technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:48 · PHX 73-83 LAC
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:49 · PHX 106-113 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
