⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 37- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-15 off them
- Owned the paint, 76 points inside to 36
- A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 31
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 9:52 · PHX 16-6 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q1 6:11 · PHX 29-11 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 7:31 · PHX 65-40 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 26
Q4 5:41 · PHX 132-106 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Stanley Johnson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:44 · PHX 127-93 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 16 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 36 | Assists | 24 |
| 76 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
