⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY 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 Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of 21 from three- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 38
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 cut a 11-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:07 · NY 38-39 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 6:52 · NY 15-15 PHX
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bill Walker and Channing Frye
Q1 1:55 · NY 25-33 PHX
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 4:30 · NY 106-109 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 8:06 · NY 15-20 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
