⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 30 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 3:29 · PHX 31-25 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 3:55 · PHX 109-110 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:50 · PHX 99-105 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q3 6:39 · PHX 76-84 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Clarence Weatherspoon Bad Pass. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 3:43 · PHX 103-110 NY
- Missed FT
Kurt Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · PHX 115-116 NY
- Missed FT
Kurt Thomas missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:07 · PHX 115-116 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 13 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
