⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
-17Q118-33
-2Q223-28
+6Q331-25
0Q423-26
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine
Key battles
0Blocks3
16Assists29
10Steals5
9Threes made15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 11:24 · LAC 0-11 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 15 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 16 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
