⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers 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
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers 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.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dragan Bender bad pass
Q4 1:00 · PHX 124-130 LAL
- Missed FT
TJ Warren misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:01 · PHX 130-132 LAL
- Missed FT
TJ Warren misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · PHX 130-132 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 6:18 · PHX 83-90 LAL
- Steal
Brandon Ingram stole it from Dragan Bender
Q4 1:00 · PHX 124-130 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Corey Brewer misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 6:02 · PHX 83-87 LAL
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · PHX 127-131 LAL
- Missed FT
Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · PHX 130-131 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 9 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Steals | 18 |
| 25 | Blocks | 31 |
