⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q3 7:24 · NY 88-64 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Duhon misses technical free throw
Q1 7:13 · NY 13-11 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 7:56 · NY 51-44 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:13 · NY 13-11 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
