⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 17-2 off them- Went cold from three, six of 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q2 1:28 · PHX 44-32 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q3 6:03 · PHX 63-55 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
