⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 34 from three
- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their 35
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 7:56 · PHX 42-32 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Damion Lee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:55 · PHX 22-19 LAL
- Flagrant
Devin Booker flagrant foul type 1
Q4 3:55 · PHX 106-96 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 2:27 · PHX 49-52 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 16 | Threes made | 4 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
