⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
A 17-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 31 in the fourth quarter- Gave up second chances, twelve offensive rebounds to their four
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 1:02 · BKN 27-38 PHX
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 31
Q4 11:07 · BKN 80-111 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 7 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 16 | Assists | 31 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
