⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 9
- A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up in the third quarter
- They shot well above their usual, eight of sixteen from three
- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 52
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 4 down to 9 up
Q3 0:02 · PHX 90-81 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:07 · PHX 54-53 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 8:22 · PHX 10-16 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Nazr Mohammed Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 11:07 · PHX 54-53 NY
- Turnover
Anfernee Hardaway Bad Pass. Stolen by Amare Stoudemire.
Q4 3:57 · PHX 99-92 NY
- Technical
Tim Thomas Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 0:15 · PHX 111-104 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 25 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
