⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up in the third quarter- Gave up second chances, seventeen offensive rebounds 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.
Suns
Good plays
- Steal
Bradley Beal stole it from Austin Reaves
Q4 0:15 · PHX 116-120 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Eubanks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:39 · PHX 31-22 LAL
- Turnover
Bradley Beal bad pass
Q4 4:01 · PHX 107-110 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 10 down to 4 up
Q3 0:00 · PHX 96-100 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:15 · PHX 107-109 LAL
- Missed FT
Taurean Prince misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:58 · PHX 107-110 LAL
- Turnover
Austin Reaves lost ball turnover
Q4 0:15 · PHX 116-120 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 15 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
