⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their 21- A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 0:27 · BKN 21-31 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 23
Q4 9:17 · BKN 72-95 PHX
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 34
Q4 4:22 · BKN 76-110 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire Technical Foul
Q3 2:45 · BKN 61-77 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
