⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 39 free throws to their seventeen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 3:59 · LAL 48-56 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q3 2:48 · LAL 83-81 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses free throw 2 of 3
Q4 3:20 · LAL 110-102 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:08 · LAL 18-29 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q1 0:08 · LAL 23-45 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 17 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 33 | Assists | 35 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 28 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
