⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 29 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 29 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
They went cold, eight of 35 from three- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 38
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 12
- A 16-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 31 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their eight
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q3 10:30 · PHX 42-70 LAC
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 11
Q3 3:19 · PHX 73-84 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Royce O'Neale and Norman Powell
Q4 7:55 · PHX 76-89 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:17 · PHX 0-9 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q1 9:22 · PHX 2-19 LAC
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 31
Q1 6:10 · PHX 4-35 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Terance Mann technical foul
Q3 10:08 · PHX 38-70 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
