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Suns at Lakers · Wed, Mar 17 · 10:00 PM ET

Phoenix at Lakers. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Suns edges

No clear mismatch in Phoenix's favor.

Lakers edges

No clear mismatch in Los Angeles' favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
PHXRankStatRankLAL
116.516thOffensive rating9th119.0
115.010thDefensive rating19th117.2
+1.515thNet rating14th+1.8
96.324thPace21st97.6
53.719thEffective FG %2nd57.3
12.012thTurnover %20th12.6
28.97thOffensive rebound %22nd23.9
17.628thFree throw rate2nd24.4
54.110thOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
13.93rdForced turnover %11th12.6
71.927thDefensive rebound %13th74.3
21.722ndOpponent FT rate8th19.1

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Suns3-7 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. L
  9. W
  10. L

Lakers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Mon, Dec 1 PHX 125, LAL 108 · Sun, Dec 14 LAL 116, PHX 114 · Tue, Dec 23 LAL 108, PHX 132 · Thu, Feb 26 LAL 110, PHX 113 · Fri, Apr 10 PHX 73, LAL 101

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers