⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 34- Made thirteen threes to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 6:30 · PHX 45-40 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 10:17 · PHX 105-95 LAC
- Steal
Cameron Johnson stole it from Reggie Jackson
Q4 0:02 · PHX 120-114 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Cameron Payne technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:29 · PHX 105-97 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 5 down to 5 up
Q2 8:15 · PHX 35-40 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 5:26 · PHX 78-84 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 1:46 · PHX 116-114 LAC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson bad pass
Q4 2:40 · PHX 111-104 LAC
- Turnover
Reggie Jackson lost ball turnover
Q4 0:02 · PHX 120-114 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 13 | Threes made | 20 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
