⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 10:55 · LAL 36-25 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:40 · LAL 87-95 PHX
- Turnover
Marc Gasol bad pass
Q4 2:01 · LAL 88-95 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 3:16 · LAL 17-21 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q2 7:41 · LAL 40-43 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 1:14 · LAL 50-60 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
