⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 37 from three
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 30
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 54
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q4 6:21 · LAC 103-89 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Patrick Beverley flagrant foul type 2
Q4 7:01 · LAC 93-85 PHX
- Technical
Marcus Morris Sr. technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:24 · LAC 112-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Devin Booker flagrant foul type 1
Q3 1:05 · LAC 79-77 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Devin Booker and Marcus Morris Sr.
Q4 4:21 · LAC 103-89 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 18 | Threes made | 6 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
