⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their three- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 21-7 off them
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 21
- Lost the glass, 38 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:47 · PHX 19-7 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q1 4:15 · PHX 32-11 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 8:02 · PHX 94-74 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q2 10:56 · PHX 36-22 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Francis misses technical free throw
Q2 8:49 · PHX 39-22 NY
- Technical
Stephon Marbury technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:00 · PHX 62-45 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 12 | Threes made | 3 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 25 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
