⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 26 from three
- A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up in the first quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 10:37 · PHX 9-0 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:43 · PHX 55-53 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 8 down to 6 up
Q1 3:30 · PHX 20-26 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 1:01 · PHX 73-76 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram offensive foul
Q4 0:58 · PHX 91-98 LAL
- Turnover
Brandon Ingram turnover
Q4 0:58 · PHX 91-98 LAL
- Missed FT
Brandon Ingram misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:47 · PHX 91-98 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 4 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Steals | 16 |
| 17 | Blocks | 20 |
