⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their twelve- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 22-7 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:37 · PHX 20-13 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 5:55 · PHX 28-14 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 1:16 · PHX 99-77 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q3 9:40 · PHX 75-57 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 20 | Threes made | 12 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
