⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 36 from three
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 5:03 · LAL 84-81 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 10:02 · LAL 107-96 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Austin Reaves misses technical free throw
Q4 9:39 · LAL 98-96 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 0:04 · LAL 96-96 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Monty Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:39 · LAL 98-96 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 23 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 10 |
