⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their ten- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 33
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q2 0:59 · LAC 56-48 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 5:35 · LAC 40-46 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 5:08 · LAC 96-109 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
