⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fourteen
- Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 45
- A 14-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 41 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers 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.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:00 · BKN 14-8 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 2:01 · BKN 53-31 PHX
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 41
Q3 4:50 · BKN 80-39 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 27% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 73 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
