⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
- Beaten inside, 26 points in the paint to 42
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 took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:18 · PHX 48-47 LAC
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 20
Q3 7:53 · PHX 79-59 LAC
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q3 0:03 · PHX 96-74 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 9:46 · PHX 33-37 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 2:44 · PHX 84-72 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 19 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
