⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 35 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 56
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 21
Q2 7:36 · LAL 27-48 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope flagrant foul type 1
Q2 0:30 · LAL 39-59 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jae Crowder
Q2 0:30 · LAL 39-59 PHX
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses technical free throw
Q2 0:30 · LAL 39-59 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q1 5:13 · LAL 10-27 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Torrey Craig technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:30 · LAL 39-59 PHX
- Missed FT
Torrey Craig misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q2 0:30 · LAL 39-59 PHX
- Technical
Jae Crowder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:30 · LAL 98-113 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 18 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |