⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 11:02 · PHX 10-3 LAC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 4:57 · PHX 54-49 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 4:50 · PHX 84-75 LAC
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Aron Baynes flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:59 · PHX 55-49 LAC
- Turnover
Devin Booker out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 1:58 · PHX 119-112 LAC
- Missed FT
Frank Kaminsky misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · PHX 129-122 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 7
Q4 5:45 · PHX 119-112 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q2 0:59 · PHX 55-50 LAC
- Flagrant
Lou Williams flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:10 · PHX 108-98 LAC
- Turnover
Lou Williams bad pass
Q4 1:49 · PHX 119-112 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 32 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
