⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 12 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 second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 21-9 off them
A 14-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 17 in the third 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 17
Q3 6:57 · LAC 61-78 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:56 · LAC 18-33 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q2 1:25 · LAC 37-66 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
