⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 41
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:12 · PHX 10-2 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 3:57 · PHX 57-39 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Chris Paul technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:33 · PHX 96-88 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
