⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second 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
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 32-13 off them- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 2
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:35 · LAL 50-61 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 24
Q4 8:53 · LAL 87-111 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 18 | Assists | 35 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Steals | 16 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
