⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 27 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, 21 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, four turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 23-2 off them- A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Gave up second chances, ten offensive rebounds to their three
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 5 down to 11 up
Q1 7:59 · PHX 21-10 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 0:09 · PHX 40-26 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q2 9:09 · PHX 50-27 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 29 | Assists | 14 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 2 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
