⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. 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, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 15
- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:37 · NY 73-78 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Trevor Ariza missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 5:09 · NY 106-119 PHX
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford Bad Pass
Q4 2:47 · NY 112-120 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 11:17 · NY 35-36 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 6 | Threes made | 16 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
