⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 29 from three
- A 23-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 28 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 42
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2 in the third 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 cut a 31-point deficit to 22
Q2 6:00 · PHX 38-60 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 2
Q3 1:11 · PHX 86-88 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Dario Saric offensive foul
Q4 4:55 · PHX 96-102 LAC
- Turnover
Dario Saric turnover
Q4 4:55 · PHX 96-102 LAC
- Missed FT
Deandre Ayton misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:37 · PHX 104-107 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 7:32 · PHX 7-18 LAC
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 28
Q1 1:10 · PHX 24-52 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
