⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 9:58 · LAC 60-53 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 6:31 · LAC 71-56 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q4 10:05 · LAC 89-83 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Devin Booker and Patrick Beverley
Q3 6:00 · LAC 62-56 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
