⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 22
Q4 9:45 · LAL 90-112 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw
Q4 8:31 · LAL 88-112 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 6:44 · LAL 14-26 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q3 6:55 · LAL 61-88 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Durant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:31 · LAL 88-112 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 13 | Threes made | 14 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
