⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
-3Q123-26
+10Q236-26
-2Q329-33
+6Q434-26
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 46 free throws to their twenty- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
36Free throws made15
5Offensive rebounds12
2Blocks6
18Points off turnovers27
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q2 3:43 · LAL 58-46 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
