⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and were outscored 24-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 3
- A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16 in the first quarter
- Lost the glass, 35 rebounds to 47
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 16
Q1 6:15 · LAL 30-14 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 1:04 · LAL 33-28 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:53 · LAL 35-36 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amir Coffey technical foul
Q2 4:05 · LAL 45-42 PHX
📊The numbers
| LAL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
