⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Clippers got 17 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Clippers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their eighteen- Won the glass, 63 rebounds to 35
- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 18
- Made nine threes to their nineteen
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 13-5 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Royce O'Neale flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:44 · PHX 52-64 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:59 · PHX 20-28 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 0:07 · PHX 71-91 LAC
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q3 7:44 · PHX 52-64 LAC
- Missed FT
Ivica Zubac misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q3 7:44 · PHX 52-64 LAC
- Flagrant
Kris Dunn flagrant foul type 1
Q3 7:16 · PHX 55-66 LAC
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 19 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 18 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
