⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 46- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 9:41 · LAL 12-2 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 10:15 · LAL 44-33 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:00 · LAL 104-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:57 · LAL 14-13 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:42 · LAL 95-86 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 28 | Assists | 19 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 9 |
