⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 5
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 25
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q3 6:32 · PHX 86-72 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q3 1:13 · PHX 103-78 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:15 · PHX 51-51 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Davis misses technical free throw
Q2 4:21 · PHX 51-43 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 17 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
