⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their eleven- A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 26
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 46
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first quarter
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:30 · PHX 68-70 LAL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 3 down to 10 up
Q4 9:34 · PHX 96-86 LAL
- Winner
Royce O'Neale hit a 26-foot three jumper, Collin Gillespie with the assist
Q4 0:01 · PHX 113-110 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Collin Gillespie lost ball turnover
Q4 3:06 · PHX 103-98 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 6:35 · PHX 17-21 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 2:11 · PHX 47-49 LAL
- Ties it
Austin Reaves hit a 27-foot three jumper, Marcus Smart with the assist
Q4 1:00 · PHX 108-108 LAL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Deandre Ayton flagrant foul type 1
Q4 9:00 · PHX 88-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| PHX | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 22 | Threes made | 11 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 20 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
