⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
-10Q122-30
-1Q223-25
-10Q326-38
-5Q425-28
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their six- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 34
- A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
4Offensive rebounds14
6Threes made17
25%Three-point accuracy52%
20Free throws made12
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 23
Q3 10:06 · PHX 54-77 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Timofey Mozgov technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 3:31 · PHX 87-115 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 6 | Threes made | 17 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 65 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
