⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of eighteen from three- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 34
- A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up in the second quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 7:16 · BKN 41-36 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:00 · BKN 83-88 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 5 down to 10 up
Q2 0:03 · BKN 53-63 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:11 · BKN 64-69 PHX
- Flagrant
Channing Frye flagrant foul type 1 (Kris Humphries draws the foul)
Q4 11:14 · BKN 78-88 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 61% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
