⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, thirteen turnovers to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Keith Van Horn missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:11 · NY 102-96 PHX
- Turnover
Shandon Anderson Bad Pass. Stolen by Shawn Marion.
Q4 0:24 · NY 106-102 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Johnson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:21 · NY 106-103 PHX
- Missed FT
Casey Jacobsen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · NY 106-103 PHX
- Missed FT
Casey Jacobsen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:18 · NY 106-103 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 1 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
